Totem Pole Mist

by Alan S. Bridges, Brad Bennett, and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Blithe Spirit 32:2, May 2022, page 64. Originally written in March of 2021, via Zoom.

incoming tide

freighters aligned

on English Bay Alan

mist

in the

totem

pole

meadow

Stanley

Park Brad

drowning out the busker

the SkyTrain whirrs

between high-rises Michael

finding

myself

in

the

Sun

Yat-Sen

Garden Alan

gray sky ravens

the Horseshoe Bay ferry

breaking waves Brad

hang

gliders

the

tram

up

Grouse

Mountain Michael