Kitchener in Transition.
My place of residence
These last 36 years.
Formerly Berlin Ontario
Fights over the Kaiser’s statue
Dumped in Victoria Park Lake.
Re-named after
First world war hero.
Largely stock of Scottish, Irish
Polish, Russian, Slavic
Hungarian.
Post 1945 and 1956
And 1989.
Now a different box of CRAYOLAS.
Different colour, religion, music
Cooking, life histories.
Chinese, Somalian, Pakistani
Ethiopian, Guatamalan.
Rich and building upon itself.
New soft product involvement.
Insurances, software development
Accountants in consultation.
Lawyers…dime a dozen.
Dreaming up personal injuries.
Website champions.
Google headquarters.
Where went all those smoking
Factory chimneys? The smell of bacon?
Of cookies?
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Written on April 06, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on April 06, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on April 06, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 709 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 13, 3 |
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