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CANADA




Big land filled with French and Scots  
And then English and Chinese
Empty except for buffalo and  snow
Flat and cold except for August in Manitoba
When it is flat and hot
And the roads go on forever, straight and level, 
Bending only with the curve of the earth itself
In “correction lines” because the earth 
Was in error and should have been flat.


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NOTE

Correction lines are a fact.  Because the earth is spherical, 
it's impossible for the North American    rectangular road  grid to fit.   
Therefore   every  now and then  the   grid has to be  fitted  
to the globe with   correction lines. You drive for fifty miles dead straight 
and level  and suddenly   go into a curve for no obvious  reason 
for about two miles,  then another fifty miles straight and level.

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