It’s Canada Day
in the National Capital.
We gather by the Notre-Dame Cathedral
to watch the exploding sky.
Behind the hydro pole,
a couple in their 20s;
eyes closed,
lips locked,
hands in gentle explorations.
They came for the
fireworks.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
