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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Cobourg Waterfront is a NO ZONE
Sign Sign everywhere a sign Blocking out the scenery breaking my mind Do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign -- Signs, 1971, five Man Electrical Band, Canadian.
WOW! I knew it was bad, but had no idea it's this bad!
Is this the result of having a former school teacher for mayor all this time? Why are they so sign crazy? Do they think we are naughty little children who need every action scrutinized and corrected?
They sure know how to take all the fun out of our park playground.
Like you I knew it felt bad, but also had no idea until last Sunday when I found myself taking a photo & another & another another ...
No doubt more will be added once the new bylaws get their wording approved. We'll see if any of the new candidates will have the tough ovaries of a Lenah Fisher of Leave-the-park-alone fame.
Welcome to the Feel Good Town of Ontario. Are you feeling the love? If you aren't, then you haven't tuned to the right channel. Please do not adjust your meta software, the distemper is local, insidiously cultural and will soon pass. Rather be of good cheer. Offer humour when faced with ignorance; extend a hand to any who appear sufficiently otherwise. All it takes is a change of mind, to change the world. Signs don't change anything. Don't let them change you.
Published in the following literary/art journals: PRISM International, pseudonym: 422-902-510; IMPULSE, pseudonym: Peoples Republic of Poetry; WAVES, pseudonym: 422-902-510; The FIDDLEHEAD, pseudonym: 422-902-510; DESCANT, pseudonym: 422-902-510; OPEN LETTER, pseudonym: Peoples Republic of Poetry; RAMPIKE, pseudonym: Peoples Republic of Poetry; OTHER VOICES, pseudonym: 422-902-510; WEST COAST REVIEW, pseudonym: 422-902-510; MACLEANS, pseudonym: Peoples Republic of Poetry; CAROUSEL & MISUNDERSTANDINGS as Wally Keeler;
WALKING ON THE GREENHOUSE ROOF, published by Delta Canada, Montreal, 1969;
1ST INTERIM REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES AND MANIFESTATIONS OF DIVERGENT THINK PROCEDURE CONCERING THE FIRST TEN YEARS OF THE HISTORY OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF POETRY, Samizdata Publications, Toronto, 1981
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WOW! I knew it was bad, but had no idea it's this bad!
Is this the result of having a former school teacher for mayor all this time? Why are they so sign crazy? Do they think we are naughty little children who need every action scrutinized and corrected?
They sure know how to take all the fun out of our park playground.
Like you I knew it felt bad, but also had no idea until last Sunday when I found myself taking a photo & another & another another ...
No doubt more will be added once the new bylaws get their wording approved. We'll see if any of the new candidates will have the tough ovaries of a Lenah Fisher of Leave-the-park-alone fame.
Welcome to the Feel Good Town of Ontario.
Are you feeling the love? If you aren't, then you haven't tuned to the right channel. Please do not adjust your meta software, the distemper is local, insidiously cultural and will soon pass. Rather be of good cheer. Offer humour when faced with ignorance; extend a hand to any who appear sufficiently otherwise.
All it takes is a change of mind, to change the world. Signs don't change anything. Don't let them change you.
Not for small change anyway.
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