I said. The wind
lifted the word and blew
it through the birches into smaller yesses
that dispersed.
Hitched bicycle ride, my hands
on your waist, soles skimming the road
in the bends.
What we wore will be one of those tellings
Sadiqa de Meijer’s poetry has appeared in various literary journals as well as in The Best Canadian Poetry 2008. Her work was shortlisted in the CBC Literary Awards in 2009 and previously won This Magazine’s Great Canadian Literary Hunt.
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