Monday 14 December 2020

in the bleak

QEII, December 10, 2020 


red pickup passes on the right.

window sticker reads "Fuck Trudeau"

black truck with an unsecured load passes on the left

driver is texting

one semi after another passes

not one pulled over

i'm going 117 on the QEII

hoar frost and gray sky 

getting grayer 

snow on snow

wind-drifted crystals float across 6 lanes of traffic

pump jacks

rusted cranes

empty shops

 "China virus! Buy the book!” 

"AB COVID. New Health Orders in Effect” 

Alberta

bleak midwinter