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.
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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.
Copyright © Sidney Beck | Year Posted 2012
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