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Football Fables

The beautiful game bestrides the world like a colossus

But Blind They Were

The fallacy of an empty continent

Alberta and Me

From a land of oil, true enough

downloading her first iTunes under her daughter’s supervision

daughter’s 20 dollar gift card weighing heavily on her

what do you want mom  what do you want to download

Mrs. Sharma can only have one intelligent response

she says Oh Canada the Vancouver 2010 version

costs 99 cents so very affordable

Mrs. Sharma wants to memorize Canadian anthem

drive it deep   deep down  drive away doubts

Neha Sonpar is an Edmonton poet and short story writer. Her writings explore the dilemmas and frustrations of Asian immigrants as they integrate into the Albertan mainstream culture. She is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and is part of the Strathcona Writing Circle.

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