Name: Post Election Ponderings
Duration: P00H01M20S
Description: A poem about the lack of realism after the 2015 Canadian Federal Election

Post Election Ponderings

from A Kootenay Flower in Foreign Soil by Erin J. Bauman the Panoptical Poet

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A poem about the lack of realism after the 2015 Canadian Federal Election

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Now that niqabs are a non-issue again,
populations and politicians go back to arguing
about economic sustainability
with their heads seemingly stuck
in the tar sands.
Meanwhile the rest of the world
appears to be more concerned with our new leader’s looks
than with his ability to stave off the painful sociecide
put in motion by his predecessor.
Being Canadian
was confusing enough before,
and now we have underpinned every layered label we have
with hypocrisy
and drilled more holes in our own honor
than we have in all of Alberta.
The wheels of industries that embrace biocide for profit still continue to turn,
red and white are still the separated colors of our country’s flag
and everyone still ignores the keystone
laying down a path
that will only lead us deeper
into the slick mess we have made of our environment
and our economy.
We may have put a prettier face on the problem,
but it is far from being resolved;
however, Canadians sit back and smugly celebrate
the seeming success of their strategy
from the serene sidelines
of a battle that is barely the beginning of a war
we will all have to work together to win.

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from A Kootenay Flower in Foreign Soil, released November 27, 2021
Written and Read by: Erin J. Bauman, the Panoptical Poet

Recorded and Mastered by: Steve Marc/SMG Endeavors

Published in Print by:
The Nelson Daily, Black Sheep Publishing, November 2015 and
The Confluence, Harman Dandiwal, November 2015

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Erin J. Bauman the Panoptical Poet Castlegar, British Columbia

The Panoptical Poet is an environmental and social justice word warrior who ex-amines the many varying viewpoints of our current global reality.

Each poem Erin writes is an attempt at bringing to light the undervalued voices that are being silenced in the landscape of our collective conversations.

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