Untidy with love
FIRST PERSON
Published: February 10, 2021

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“Who’s that making that terrible row down there? She sounds a bit like one of us.”
“Un Canadien errant,
Banni de ses foyers,
Parcourait en pleurant
Des pays étrangers.”
I’m really bad at the accordion. I won’t even tell you some of the things my family has said about my accordion playing. Last fall, the only place I could practise was outside, and even there, only when there was no one for miles around.