Canada Day
through wildfire smoke
the squawk of gulls
fireworks over ...
the distance between stars
and our silence
FYI: CNBC, Climate, June 30: Four North American cities now near worst air quality in the world
Key Points:
1 New York; Washington, D.C.; Montreal; and Toronto have some of the worst air quality in the world, according to an AQI tracking service.
2 Canadian wildfires have sent smoky air around much of North America over the last few weeks.
3 The effect of the wildfires has been significantly worsened by climate change, researchers have found.
Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXX
firework-lit sky
my veteran friend sleeps
with a gun
Added: reading between the lives and writing between the lines, LXXI
our football team
lines up for O' Canada
in the center
a Black player looks up
at the sky, endless blue
Added: This Brave New World, XCII
a rowdy white man
held face down on the airport floor
by policemen
he screams, you’re treating me
like a fucking black person
