it is a dialogue of power that burns
that shakes my shallow soul
then believes in you
I rapidly convince myself in a shade different from yours
sailing over an ocean only to look down on a nation
oceans that were named long ago like your Old Testament
while I have a memory of this continent
ashes and sentiment
—
Margot Block is a poet and student from Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.
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