Eye H’aint No Germ-o-phobe
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
One foine day
I’ll be picked up
way off this ground
Eye’ve lived on
for 15 billion years —
think of the germs
I’ll leave behind
while The Big Bang Theory
is only something
to sneeze at
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Joanna Gilman Hyde 
Not sure if “foine” is a typo, but interestingly enough, that’s how my mom pronounced the word “fine,” almost to rhyme with coin. For what it’s worth. —Chagall
“Foine” is the local pronunciation — along with “H’aint”. Where was your mother from?
Born and raised in Alphabet City. I think it’s a variation of that same extreme NYC accent that gives us “chawklit” and “cawfee” for chocolate and coffee.