I put the lake on notice
and said goodbye.It wasn’t just a blue face
speaking plain speech.The lake was full-stop.
Wide and deep.My father had Victoria
to lean onsomething massive like
childhood griefthat lets you charm
other earthlings.I licked a two-scoop,
watched parasols parade.I put the lake on notice
and said goodbye.
Ayaz Pirani’s books include Happy You Are Here (The Word Works, 2016), Kabir’s Jacket Has a Thousand Pockets (Mawenzi House, 2019) and Bachelor of Art (Anstruther Press, 2020). His work recently appeared in The Malahat Review, ARC Poetry Magazine and The Antigonish Review. A new book, How Beautiful People Are, is forthcoming from Gordon Hill Press.
rhe Tuesday poem is curated by rob mclennan
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