Collingwood

                         by Shen, Li
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It’s before winter

The wind tells trees

All the corn-fields

Are turning yellow

And the mountains are shining gold

I should store my firewood

In my mind

It will be in blossom

On winter nights

 

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                 In the early morning of Thanksgiving Day

In Collingwood, I happened to see Streep

I met her lots of times

During these past twenty years

She has a hundred names

But I know only one— Streep

Before I never knew Collingwood

Before I never knew Streep

 

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                  The agent is a French descendant

And she is an awake beauty

She persuades people to buy

1/17 of a home that is beside Georgian Bay

For three weeks vacation each year

 

Oh, if you could divide your beauty

Into 17 parts and you’d still be so beautiful

My dear, I would buy the 1/17 of the suite

                                      
                                                                              Oct.20, 2013

      （Collingwood 小城在多伦多以北160公里处的大湖边，为冬季滑雪和旅游观光区。）