Money feeds Our Economy
through Our Veins
so we can go places
like to work
like to play
like to buy stuff
like to stay
in hotels
eating lots of food
paying bills late
or on time
so we can go places
& have a good time
See This Ring?
It doesn’t matter what It cost —
Eye bought It for My Birthday
Years and Years ago
to signify my “attachment”
to The Little Man
Eye say Eye have been in love with
for nearly three decades.
See This Diamond?
It houses a pie-shaped Inclusion
to signify Its Uniqueness
and Eye wear it upon my left ring finger
Now and Then
to signify my endless heart’s time.
Fog has obscured
My Cape Light
My Fast & True
Steadily Flashing
Like A Multi-carat Diamond
Against My Window Sill
My Bedroom Delight
there is nothing out there now
butt a dark haze
Ready to glow with the coming dawn
Ready to signal My Rising
And As Eye linger
Over My Writing
A Neighbour’s Headlights Drive Out
Illuminating Slowly
My Drenched Window
My Dripping Window
Eye have embarked on selling
My Mother’s book
McNutt’s Island Journal
wherever Eye can
and found today that
Eye could even sell
at Canadian Tire in Yarmouth
after which Eye went out
to a favourite restaurant
understaffed
where Eye ordered seafood fettuccine
with homemade noodles
which took over one hour to prepare
Eye didn’t mind
glancing at a dwarf mother
and her dwarf tot
Eye smiled because
She was waiting too
having a good time
at a large table
with men and other children
while the man Eye was with
grew impatient
and wanted to leave
and didn’t even ask
if Eye wanted dessert
Joanna Gilman Hyde 