I say their names
because I have a daughter.
I say their names
because I am human.
I say their names
because I remember.
Anne-Marie Edward
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Lemay
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
Annie St-Arneault
Geneviève Bergeron
Maryse Leclair
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Sonia Pelletier
Annie Turcotte
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Michèle Richard
December 6, 1989.
École Polytechnique.
The Montreal Massacre.
say it
soon
say what you mean
mean what you say
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its historic promise
and the hope it will
as it will not
as it does
always
it cannot be december
without snow
without even
the promise of snow
anticipation
of precipitation
december begins
as it ends
always
promising more
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What isn’t necessary?
What do you really need?
What can you do without?
What else could you
do with all that time?
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Be thankful
for what you have, for
what you have to let go of,
and for those who are still
with you. Gratitude comes
in many forms. Look around.
Be thankful.
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