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back under the mountain
nourish myself / hunter-gatherer
she’ll be coming round Mont-Royal
when she comes
when she comes
dipping into Segal’s into the grime and dust
bins of food
one false move
and back to all the hobo taught me
retour de retour de retour
tight, echoing not another PB sandwich
emerge from grocery stores
triumphant, proud
excited to make broth!
Provigo has the deals
Old Europe has the discount cheese
Dominion is always next door
Loblaws has the liquor store
Rainbow is on the bus route to St. Paul
Quatre Frères ouvre vingt-quatre heures
Byerly’s has the good fruit
Whole Foods has the good everything
We gave her a coffee machine for Christmas.
Very up-market. She exchanged it for its value in teabags.
no hoarding inclination genetic
no supplies for disparate times
if I don’t make it to Quatre Frères in the snow
I’ll be licking salt off my roommate’s leather couch
cattr frahr
come easily
like the shelves in the larder
knees and elbows hard against the self
if you hoard does that mean you believe in permanence
or impermanence / if you hoard does that mean
you believe / if you believe does that mean you hoard
Nous lui avons donné une machine à café.
Très haut de gamme. Elle l’a échangée contre sa valeur en thé.