go with me to google earth &
type in the address &
click on street view &
click april 2009, there she is eternal &
preserved by google earth photo truck

uncle bryan said don’t peel the bark off that tree &
in 2011 we had the driveway redone &
second floor window was her bedroom &
we watched peter sellers in bed &
you can make her stop snoring if you roll her over

answers to questions, encyclopedia &
dell celeron computer, overlooks backyard &
blue toyota corolla 2006 parked on gravel &
mummy’s kelly green teenage bedroom &
sony trinitron CRT TV

finding it and holding on &
back and look at it now, there is nothing there &
basement carpet was blue, road sign her son stole &
somewhere only we know by keane &
i see elm road by accident on google maps, is this the place we used to love?

eating dirt from the front yard &
peeling off bits of birch bark &
taste of pavement in toronto &
banging head against the tile at lawrence station &
april 2009, somewhere only we know