The trucks are packed
tight with boxes and furniture.
You’re off to The Big City for university,
to earn the final credentials to begin your career.
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Sorry to hear about the flat tire on the Coquihalla Highway, kid.
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The Coquihalla Highway connects the interior of BC with the Lower Mainland and Greater Vancouver. It is a high mountain pass.
Shawn L. Bird 
Beautifully contrasted. Proud celebration v. brutal realism
And sadly true!
Sorry to hear
See the next poem! It all works out. lol
Sure it does. We’re optimistic creatures. Thank God.
🙂