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St. John’s Newfoundland

John Raffetto

Wood frame homes of plum and mustard-
past Duckworth Street-
fire survivors of past century.
Scaffold canopy braced on wooden stairs,
plaster and nails restore
houses of 19th century sea captains
and Water Street shopkeeper
streets lit by gaslight
as streetcars lurch forward.

Hills descend into narrow sidewalks of
George Street
whose musicians lure
the British Islands into North America.
Large iron freighters slowly dock in the harbor.
Men unload cheaply made curios
then descend the metal steps
in search of whiskey.

Water Street once a haven
for whoring and saloons,
criminals and exiled,
cod and whiskey runners
all in search another dark port,
now sanitized and tidy for the tourist trade.

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