O Canada

she's Canadian

by birth, and how do you know

this.

well,

she tells you

nearly every time you

get together

for drinks

and dessert.

she brings her home

made

cakes

to the restaurant to share.

her maple

leaf sweater on,

humming

the words

to O Canada while

others stare.

it's not just about

snow

and Mounties,

or grizzly bears.

it's so much

more than that,

she says,

there's hockey and maple

syrup

across the border,

it's wonderful up there.