O! Canada! <br />30 some million <br />supremely <br /> <br />arrogant souls <br />who know best <br />what is best <br />for the rest of us <br /> <br />all 7,000+ million or so. <br />o i know <br /> <br />interest rates, <br />the tax regime, <br />health care costs <br />come first- <br /> <br /> <br />are we ready to admit <br />our riches are embarrassment <br /> <br />in world that's slum <br />and poverty norm? <br /> <br />in such a global village <br />the very concept of culture <br />is a belly-jolting joke! <br />so <br /> <br /> <br />gullible reader <br />curled up in comfy chair <br />waiting <br /> <br />for poetry's affable spirit <br />to enwrap and awe you- <br /> <br />i'm sorry. you've stumbled <br />on wrong word-magician here. <br /> <br />now look me square in eye <br />i've something to whisper- <br /> <br />(give up the ghost) <br /> <br />there are fates far more final <br />than physical death; of that <br />let this be proof- <br /> <br />search your heart. <br /> <br /> <br />3/ february 19,2012<br /><br />doug bentley<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-canadian-s-poem-2/
