i

Long ago, mother said:
"That is where
your grandma lives."

     ii

Message in a bottle:
"It must be snowing
mothballs
there everyday."

     iii

The view
from a plane,
or on a map:
a small
dot.

     iv

Article of an airline
magazine:
"Hollywood North"

     v

Touching down in
Toronto:
A sea of open spaces.

     vi

Guide's attempt at humour:
"That point
that pierces the sky
is not Pinocchio's nose."

Overheard rejoinder:
"Then it must be
God's throne."

     vii

Asphalt,
tar:
the same road materials.

     viii

Cold,
Clean,
Clustered.

     ix

Multitude of colored
masks never ceases to a-
maze me.

     x

Litigants, patriots, artists,
humble people gather
in this
"place of meeting."

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