No choice these days
both Blue Line and Capital Taxi
on strike
and I’m aghast to call an Uber
don’t like the way they muscled in
on the traditional cab drivers

So I’m walking walking walking
though fortunately not very far
only around the neighborhood
any further
hop on a bus
before they’re also on strike
again
and speaking of agains
Canada Post
which doesn’t affect a lot of us
anymore
but that’s a poem for a different day
suffice to say
collective bargaining
never stops rearing its ugly head

Always said I needed more exercise
the Lord works in mysterious
and not so mysterious ways
instead of twice a week
out three or four trips instead
and though that right hip
is complaining more than ever
feeling much better otherwise

Too bad if the strike continues
gives me an excuse to keep
walking walking walking
with $60 of groceries
in backpack and arms
the only problem with
this new fitness regime
slippery Winter’s on its way


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09/27/2025

Posted on 09/27/2025
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