Canadian Tire, a poem by Marianne Jones

A find children's book by Thunder Bay writer Marianne Jones and illustrated by Karen Reinikka and published by Split Tree.  Jones blogs at http://mariannejones.ca/. You can purchase the book through her blog.

Marianne Jones


Canadian Tire

By Marianne Jones

At the temple of function over form

navy clad worshippers in sober boots and parkas

file through the sliding jaws

of Entrance and Exit, leaving offerings,

moving in processional to the anthem of price code beeps.

Incense of rubber rises to the vaulted ceilings.

Led by the sacred texts of the weekend flier,

acolytes’ eyes are lifted upward to the top shelves

of cheap goods from China.