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Circling the province on a holiday 
New Brunswick for Independence Day.
Rain-soaked Houlton at Rt 95’s end
continuing US Rt 1 
crossing at Limestone then the Cross-Canadian
at Grand Falls a motel with clothes dryer and beers.
Rt 17 slings a sweeper from the landscape into the sky
a moment traansfigured a raven’s glide.
Saint-Quentin decorated for Canada Day
cold plastic flags on cross-street wires and 
I’m thinking nobody ever moves in.
Campbellton to Caraquet
the motel registrar said their rocky floor is better than
sand-bottom lobsters anywhere. 
20th Century Miramichi devoid of ostentatious prosperity.
Camping in Kouchibouquac Provincial Park
kids running around the evening circle
12 adults around a fire
laughing telling stories playing French guitar.
Eternally cold Saint John to Cobscook Bay State Park
tenting again in Maine.