A Sunday Afternoon in Point Pleasant Park (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
Dull ache in the morning. Dull ache
in the morning. Landscape picture,
sideways. Landscape picture, portrait.
Can we touch the water with our hands?
The beach! The beach! Can we touch
the water with our fingers? And the
flowers seem to shine. And the woodpecker
seems to shine. Paddle, banana. Dull
ache on the wind. Container ship in
the distance. Dull ache on the wind.
David Gagnon Walker is from Edmonton, Alberta. His writing has appeared in The Quietus, The Void, Lemonhound, Headlight Anthology, and on stages across Canada and internationally. He works in live performance as an award-winning playwright, performer, dramaturg, and French-to-English translator. David holds an M.A. in Performance Studies from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada.
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