If you suspect
a terrorist is living in your neighbourhood
you’d be relieved to know
he’s moving overseas,
but
with the new anti-terror legislation
Canada will disrupt his plans
– take away his passport –
so he can still meet you
at the grocery store,
see you
at the gas station,
open his door to your kids
on Halloween night,
all in the name of
Public Safety.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
