If I could tune my radio
to the exact frequency
of the Royal Canadian Air Force,
I would listen to CF-18 pilots
as they debate today’s agenda:
Are we bombing ISIL out of Iraq and Syria,
kicking Putin out of Ukraine,
or heading to Ottawa
for the flag, the anthem, and the fly-by
over Parliament Hill?
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday) Photo: DND
