Alberta
gives a cold shoulder
to Justin Trudeau.
Not a single seat
in 2019 federal elections.
To win their hearts
Trudeau may need
to magically build the pipeline
stop talking against Big Oil
and tone down on climate change.
Toronto
gives a cold shoulder
to Andrew Scheer.
Not a single seat.
To win their hearts
Scheer may need
to distance himself from Doug Ford
change his line on abortion
and show up at a Pride parade.
The entirety of Canada
gives a cold shoulder
to Maxime Bernier.
No hearts to win.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
