Friday, 7 September 2012

The Place That Gave Me Asthma

I grew up in Canada,
Barely. Only 30 minutes from 
The border, if you drove the speed
limit.
No one's heard of the town I grew up in,
Except if you grew up there-
Then you'd heard.
Or maybe you'd heard that band
called Chilliwack,
But even they didn't know of my 
town
When I asked them...
That's ok, I guess, I wouldn't care
either, if I were them...

But!
I'm pretty sure that everyone
Everywhere
Knows about our corn and our pot...
At least we're known for
something.
Anyways,
I don't know about Chilliwack anymore, either.
I moved to Vancouver-
One of three options:
Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto,
But I only speak a little French
So I chose Vancouver.

It's not far enough, though,
Cuz even if I don't know Chilliwack,
Chilliwack still knows me.

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