IN UTERO
The Tomato-coloured Couch 6:24pm
This is No Nova Scotia
This is No Second Beer
on The Tomato-coloured Couch
before the steaks go under the broiler
This is having a distraught Husband
say nothing
because what is there to say?
He is not The Man
to Elevate My Scripture
He is not The Man
to follow along with a placard
He is not The Man
to film Me for a Youtube Channel
to travel with Me to My Speeches
He is not That Little Man
I claim to have loved
for twenty years or more
— He was the doctor who took care of Peak
in utero
— He is The Man I uttered four words to
and My World was born
Joanna Gilman Hyde 