Canada

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 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.