Adina Samuels
An Ode to the Humber River in the Fall
Updated: Dec 6, 2020
In my favourite place in the city I take a backseat
And laugh at the mindless perseverance of those schools of salmon
Those ridiculous creatures — do they know they have an audience
Of ogling humans who 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 and 𝘰𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦
Every time they catapult themselves into frigid waterfalls of ambition
Born to return home just to leave again
Only now, when the fallen leaves paint the earth amber and ash
If you will —
Only now, with fish who haven’t made it home
̷J̷u̷s̷t̷ ̷l̷i̷k̷e̷ ̷u̷s̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷y̷’̷r̷e̷
Us just like them
