Poetry • by nancy viva davis halifax
PLAY AUDIO VERSION: voice of nancy viva davis halifax
THE LONELY LAWS ] HMMMM [
another i remember ] hmmmm [ another time before we were taken when we were apple red think of that colour – relinquished to porridge wan and hate seeded over four hundred acres – ruins outside the Beatles sing she loves you yeah yeah yeah inside collapsed wings rotting six years outside six and six and six years inside where time’s pale stripe rips memory yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah before and later : Huronia1 : now mourned disputed claims weighted against a list custodial care segregation not what they say what i’ve done can’t be bad yeah yeah yeah yeah
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1 Huronia references the Huronia Regional Centre, which closed in 2009. It opened in 1876 as the Hospital for Idiots and Imbeciles; in1885 it became the Orillia Asylum for Idiots, in 1936 the Ontario Hospital School and finally in 1974 the Huronia Regional Centre.
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[Distillate © HA&L + nancy viva davis halifax | {from the Greek bios} -- the course of a life.]
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