on the edge of a new country
The pure products of America go crazy
— William Carlos Williams
a ring in the new year; a ring through the ears
sleeping silently against the better part
of the previous century
in part against past the breathing green & the
breathing will go in & out & it will go
in again
when charles de gaulle said vive le quebec libre
old mike pearson on the next plane him
in the country, out, whichever one
he thought he was in
if it was my legal right to slip the paper piece
dangerous in turns & times; dangerous
against itself, a reeling
—rob mclennan