“Knowledge-Based Policy”

 

The Liberals didn’t know

the deficit would be three times their

estimate.

 

Nor did they know

international agreements

would be in their way of legalizing

pot.

 

And how could they know

bringing in Syrian refugees

would be such a challenge

they couldn’t meet their own

deadline?

 

I remember trying it in Grade 4,

telling my teacher

– straight face, eye contact –

that I didn’t know the homework was for today.

 

That evening,

Mom needed to write a note,

explain,

apologise.

 

By Shai Ben-Shalom

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