I should have been an elephant. I need more time to get used to this.

Leslie, Ottawa (Ontario)

 

She called me from a phone booth to tell me she’d changed into a song with accompaniment.

John, Toronto (Ontario)

It seems to me that carrying a child is not to carry the future, but rather the present. The future takes hold of us after the separation, when we aren’t expecting it…

Anne, Ladysmith (Quebec)

 

I’ve seen your picture once, through waves of sound,
But mostly must imagine who you are.
Do you dream of me, as I dream of you
Little flutter, little infant, little one?

Ellen, Woodstock (Ontario)

 

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