Canada

We arrived in the winter in Ontario
the brochure said Hamilton was mild
the temperature plummeted minus 28
that kind of cold was unknown to us
immigration office was colder yet
indifferent to my plight to work
they did not need nurses they said
I thought this cold made people well

I got busted for ignoring their rules
Immigration officers came to see me
threatened me with deportation now
for earning twenty dollars a week
I told them I hated their country

The blessing in disguise was they
helped me become a landed immigrant
I would not swear allegations to the
one called Queen instead I swore her
her name was really Betty Windsor
My allegations Chief Dan George
He is on the spirit of Canada

I then affirmed to uphold the laws of
Canada with some contempt I replied
Of course I will uphold the laws as
long as they make sense to me I will

Little did I know that seventeen years
later I would be sitting in a jail I
upheld the ancient laws that protect
ancient forests from destruction I
got sentenced to six months in jail
maximum security they let me know
I came to Canada to wake up
this sleeping dog