NO FRILLS TICKET SALE
by Joanna Gilman Hyde
35 years ago
Bill N. Lacy* gave Me a box —
a little wooden box, black and green —
telling Me It was for My Dreams.
“It’s to keep Your Dreams in”
He said as He opened It —
When I was married to The Father
of My Children
I gave It away
as the only Birthday Present I had
to a beautiful dark haired girl
named Leah, Whose Mother
just bought a lottery ticket
on My Donated Paintings
and gave Me a hug.
*President of Cooper Union when I graduated in 1983