eh

for Paul

it’s all kitchen talk
this jargon of dark beer and politics
sections of the paper i never read
over wilderness geography
i lived there or you lived here
everybody learns to ride
& congestion is only a symptom
bobbing & weaving along French roads
but this is private, now
& the party is stealing
all the H’s from the alphabet
so silence descends
& it all starts with
the most Canadian syllable