a long, effed up winter, and I think I've gone crazy/but here's what's important, tho

To paraphrase one of my favourite  Stones' songs, "Winter", it's definitely been a long, hard winter for me. On December 31 my  pristine "old age crazy winter car", a liquid grey 20ll Audi A4 SLine, turbo, AWD, 6 speed, etc. was destroyed in a senseless accident! I believe I'm more damaged than most by the combo of age (77 at the end of June), the pandemic, cancer survival 2022, vicious dog attack the next year, a recent damaging ice storm, and the underlying thump thumping of Trump's orc nation.  My creative powers have definitely waned, and it's long time newer poets like Patrick Connors get  to take the stage (if there is one for Canuck People's Poetry?) As this blog's gone international, here's some Canadiana which IS important for understanding what's going on aboard Turtle Island.   

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hotlink to "Winter" I hope - Stones at most sensitive and lyrical 

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