Ottawa’s green spaces
dotted with white clover, yellow dandelions.
The result of budget cuts and a
pesticide ban.
The City also struggles with
marijuana dispensaries.
Police close them down; they reopen
the next day.
Weed management
isn’t our strongest forte.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
