first you get the grease from canola buffalo
then you find mystery meat
you must package this in
bright colours just like beads
let the poor intake their money take their health
sound familiar
chase fast food off the cliff
speed beef
deer on a bun
bury in the ground
special this day
mcPemmican™
cash those icons in
how about a
mcTreaty™
would you like some lies with that?
they line up for blocks dying to clog mind arteries everyone has
at least one fortieth indian↓ two parts water the rest unknown
they line to see the real ↑to buy the grey owl burger
to touch the other money did fall
from the sky
we had one table reserved by the window we write
the city treaty
country words me and this clown
pencils sharp look busy act important
look out the window
so you have to explain who is this clown
but I won’t
I can knot
will not will not
just like hem
ing way
instead
we found
some
1 treaty manuscript
Serving up a McTreaty with a side of lies
© 2002 Marvin Francis reprinted by permission from City Treaty, Turnstone Press (Winnipeg, MB).