Epic Walk Diaries (July 22)
perforated walk
greeted by gurgling starlings
and putrid scents
you test the mud
I wait anxiously
not snapping a picture
so close to the 007 boat
the mud won
special mud
fire in our thoughts
not sightlines
still we watch water
jets of water for rocks
starving plants nearby
sidewalk fragments
protect the banks
or us rather
gothic highlife in style
a mural in best (uncanadian) color
type with character
and cancel canadian
another rat another railroad
the shoreline apportioned
to industry columns
concrete human-made remains wood
material mountains
hopping column to column
gobbling fat juicy blackberries
no access no problem
lo the northern cafe!
a family oasis with history
solid red vinyl booths checkered floors
low uneven roof
we eat like family
yelp family
the shore gentrifies
groomed for plants fishers readers
not crows ducks gulls cormorants
though community all
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Start : 1:07pm
End: 4:44pm
Start at Prince Edward and Kent, to the muddy shore, into the mud, back to the car, drive to the next access point, onto the cement fragment shore, back to the car, drive to the next access point, no access to shore, cautious permission given through concrete supply yard, onto bike path, unde Knight St Bridge, to Northern Wood Products, lunch at surprising (and popular!) family run Northern Cafe, past the Cold Fish store, onto walkway through river district, past fishers and readers, to gladstone park, and back along the railroad and bike path, with a lot of blackberry stops, to Lola.
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