Al Purdy's Statue

A Hill of Water, by @thething open.substack.com/pub/thecolour/…

A Swiftly Tilting Planet, by @thething open.substack.com/pub/thecolour/…

Kids' Work Counts, by @thething open.substack.com/pub/thecolour/…

Corn Star, by @thething open.substack.com/pub/thecolour/…

Calamine, by @thething open.substack.com/pub/thecolour/…

Discarded bow tie. Cold wind. Puddles.

Drunk guy in a touque tying the built-in bow of a woman’s polka dot silk shirt. Char grey sky.

Warm damp breeze, car horns.

Tourists. Clovers in bloom.

Two women hug, blonde curly hair merging in the sun.

Woman wearing a sleeveless dress rides past with a cardboard box of cat chow strapped to the back of her bike. Light wind.

Muggy. Fresh cut grass scent.

Computer programmer carrying a large square plate.

Ill-fitting leather pants, corner store tulips, mottled cloud cover. Weeds.

3 healthy looking squirrels. Strong scent of shampoo on the wind.

White cigarette paper stuck to the sidewalk flapping like a miniature flag.

Tired man wearing a Dark Side of the Moon T-shirt sitting on the grass.

Young man discussing the purchase of a blow up mattress on his mobile phone. Sky going pink.

Woman with big sunglasses, big hair, smoking a cigarette in the back seat of a bright blue electric vehical. Sunny.

Small pile of pineapple chunks dusted with dirt.