Orange!verse poem: Heaven Is Subjective
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technoshaman to thank for sponsoring this one! :) The only warnings that apply are not particularly graphic but still present references to historical mistreatment.
( Heaven Is Subjective )
Notes are thisaway:
*The title and theme of this poem both came from this Al-Jazeera story about Syrian refugees and their Canadian sponsors.
*In the orange!verse, the Vietnam War did not end until 1976. Not coincidentally, neither did Nixon's presidency.
*In our world, Gander, Newfoundland has a reputation for helping stranded airline passengers in desperate situations. It's got a similar one in the orange!verse, though in their case, that reputation's been built on several somewhat less fraught instances over a number of years. The idea is the same, though.
*Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland has its own reputation, for kind treatment of shipwreck survivors. That one *did* happen in the orange!verse. It had, for obvious reasons, ripples beyond even what it had here, and it is well remembered on both sides of the border, especially in certain circles. Warning: the above link is to a playable audio story containing some vivid and disturbing Jim Crow era details indeed.
*The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, which means 'village'.
technoshaman to thank for sponsoring this one! :) The only warnings that apply are not particularly graphic but still present references to historical mistreatment. ( Heaven Is Subjective )
Notes are thisaway:
*The title and theme of this poem both came from this Al-Jazeera story about Syrian refugees and their Canadian sponsors.
*In the orange!verse, the Vietnam War did not end until 1976. Not coincidentally, neither did Nixon's presidency.
*In our world, Gander, Newfoundland has a reputation for helping stranded airline passengers in desperate situations. It's got a similar one in the orange!verse, though in their case, that reputation's been built on several somewhat less fraught instances over a number of years. The idea is the same, though.
*Saint Lawrence, Newfoundland has its own reputation, for kind treatment of shipwreck survivors. That one *did* happen in the orange!verse. It had, for obvious reasons, ripples beyond even what it had here, and it is well remembered on both sides of the border, especially in certain circles. Warning: the above link is to a playable audio story containing some vivid and disturbing Jim Crow era details indeed.
*The name Canada comes from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, which means 'village'.
