Classic poem of the day
The advantages of living with two cultures
Strike one at every turn,
Especially when one finds a notice in an office building:
" This elevator will not run on Ascension Day;"
Or reads in the Montreal Star:
" Tomorrow being the feast of the Immaculate Conception,
There will be no collection of garbage in the city";
Or sees on the restaurant menu the bilingual dish:
DEEP APPLE PIE
TARTE AUX POMMES PROFONDES
Member poem of the day
(mostly a poetic fiction -
within a real household
where yours truly reared
with good and plenty opportunities
to be a kid videlicet reared
within an environment
for the socially and mentally impaired)
which for better or worse
gently discouraged
taking bold positive
growth development risks,
hence existence of mine
admirably, effectively, and inadvertently
tethered to...