Thursday, February 3, 2022

Swastikas over Ottawa - poem

  

Lawrence Hall

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https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

Swastikas over Ottawa

 

I am not anti-American. But I am strongly pro-Canadian.

 

-John Diefenbaker

 

Dear Canada, your home and native land

Has been an inspiration to the world

Your wise and happy Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Is a blessing you have shared with all

 

Dear Canada, who has now ordered you

To permit foul banners of obscene hate

To scream obscenities at each other

To desecrate the memorials of your peoples

 

In sum, Dear Canada –

Why in the hell are some of you acting like Yanks?



Canadian Protesters Face Investigation After National Hero Statue Defaced, Swastikas Found (newsweek.com)

 

Doug Ford issues statement condemning ‘symbols of hate’ at Ottawa protest | Only Canada News

 

Freedom Convoy: Truckers cause chaos in Ottawa after second day of protests (yahoo.com)

 

Anti-vaccine protest in Canada spurs outrage amid COVID-19 Omicron variant outbreak (wkbn.com)


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