The map says
Sudbury, Regina, Winnipeg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To me they mean:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone there said yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yes, come.
Yes, play.
Yes, there is a piano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last yes
is frequently fictional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At 7pm
people arrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They could be home
watching television
and eating popcorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead they sit
while I open
my luggage of songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I keep driving. Canada gets smaller.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A town becomes a person.
A highway becomes a memory.
A hotel becomes a verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually no cities, only stories
pretending to be cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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