(From Globetrotter & Hitler\u2019s Children \u2013 New York: Akashic Books, 2009)<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n g<\/p>\n a yielding of earth plucked mud-plucked snow-cracked heels scalpel-paired across equators each foot<\/p>\n widen with pain towards Canada<\/p>\n tenderfoot! h<\/p>\n turn your migrant heel tireless snake hydra-headed through town each sole you decry is your ghost\u2019s solid<\/p>\n twelve paces you must daily face- i<\/p>\n twelve inches! lift<\/p>\n arithmetic is the equation yellow-white-black simple j<\/p>\n silly! hue of eye or hair (indifferent ridges)<\/p>\n is sss silly inane k<\/p>\n toronto fork-tongued as babel is not<\/p>\n cubist dream to take root you must up- tenderfoot<\/p>\n be firm graft on the maple tree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Globetrotter (From Globetrotter & Hitler\u2019s Children \u2013 New York: Akashic Books, 2009) g a yielding of earth leaves soft patch for migrant foot plucked from far-flung places much like slugs mud-plucked shelled in silt snow-cracked heels in seasonal sludge frost-sutured foot scalpel-paired to true bureaucratic ache across equators inch for heavy inch […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":806,"parent":229,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-236","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/236\/revisions\/692"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtls.ca\/issue13\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nleaves soft patch
\nfor migrant foot<\/p>\n
\nfrom far-flung places
\nmuch like slugs<\/p>\n
\nshelled
\nin silt<\/p>\n
\nin seasonal sludge
\nfrost-sutured foot<\/p>\n
\nto true
\nbureaucratic ache<\/p>\n
\ninch for heavy inch<\/p>\n
\ntwelve inches deep
\nwith each official inch<\/p>\n
\ntoronto is soft landing
\nand gauze<\/p>\n
\ntwelve paces
\nof endless yonge –<\/p>\n
\nrattled
\nby traffic<\/p>\n
\nin all direction
\nhissing<\/p>\n
\nup or down
\nfrom north york to lake\u2019s shore-<\/p>\n
\npedestrian
\nas the stroll of malls and shops<\/p>\n
\nblown across time-trapped landscapes
\nyou traversed<\/p>\n
\nand toronto\u2019s face
\nmirrors the face<\/p>\n
\nself
\ndisembodied<\/p>\n
\nmake one foot<\/p>\n
\nto the street\u2026<\/p>\n
\nof man or maiden
\nyou meet<\/p>\n
\ngrey unabashed-brown
\nor simply canadian?<\/p>\n
\nas allemagne
\nor sudan is silly<\/p>\n
\nchin-cleft or brow-bend
\nscaled<\/p>\n
\nuncivil
\npark-dog howls<\/p>\n
\ncivet-cat mewling
\nun-canadian \u2026<\/p>\n
\ncity of rainbow and covenants
\nunder the shade of the maple leaf<\/p>\n
\nfull of babble
\ncoherent<\/p>\n
\ncity within city within
\nwhere<\/p>\n
\ngerminate
\nand flower<\/p>\n
\nturn your soil
\nand sole<\/p>\n
\nnew node
\nbecome a branch<\/p>\n