Joanna Gilman Hyde

Eye moved away

from an attractive woman

w/ a tabby cat

upon Her Lap

2 sit instead

beside a French Man

w/ a labradoodle

in the open air

beer garden

beyond the walking bridge

in downtown Fredericton —

Eye told Him M(eye) Life Story

or at least parts of It —

just because He asked

& because Eye knew, somehow

that Eye would never see Him again