Freedom Wheels

by Kate Maxon – long time resident of Lillooet, retired rancher, great-grandmother, singer-songwriter, poet, warrior.

The trucks rolled out of the West

and the South and North and East

These were stalwart hearts; the best!

and they came to confront the beast

Hundreds of thousands stood side by side

waving the convoy on

These people knew what they had to lose

and gave support from dusk to dawn

Trucks and cars and tractors, too

made the Capital their destination

They’d give everything they had and then some

to save Freedom for our Nation

Oh, but they were sorely maligned

called ‘terrorists’ and a ‘fringe group’ too

An old woman stomped by a foreign horse

that’s what they got for defending Truth

A good excuse to come down hard

on everyone unafraid to speak or stand

Keep them strangled and dragged through courts

in what was once a promising land

But Freedom will ring loud and clear

and the perpetrators scurry to flee

A critical mass is forming now

and the Truth shall set us Free

(courtesy of Connecting the Dots, February 2025)

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Media Malfunction

by Kate Maxon

Funny how we always thought

the MEDIA was giving legitimate news

We didn’t know how they’d been bought

and were giving their buyers’ views

But it’s come out and now we know

the “mainstream” we cannot trust

They’re rife with “woke” propaganda

while they leave the truth to rust

On every channel the “talking heads”

have the exact same narrative to deliver

No opposing view is brought to bear

No light shed on the darkest corner

When folks aren’t allowed the solid truth

or to see opposing sides of a situation

How can we make decisions wisely

on matters affecting us; our province,

our nation?

And funny, isn’t it? 

The time wasted bashing a foreign leader

cluttering the mind of listener or reader

While all the while our own ….

are leading us down a path to disaster

(courtesy of Connecting the Dots, January 2025)

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A Hazard to Our Health

by Kate Maxon

Good health and welfare

Comes at a cost

There is nothing that is “free”

And we must stand strong

Before all is lost

Can’t afford to “wait and see”

Communities have joined together

Raised much for equipment and supplies

Only to have small hospitals plundered

Eventually leading to their demise

How is it this has happened?

When we people pay the bill

Isn’t it the same as stealing?

The very thought brings on a chill

When the centre of help is far from home

The home-folk begin to suffer

For lengthy time and travel far

There really is no buffer

And when the “authorities”

Are merely corporations

It’s oh! so simple to pass the buck

No responsibility and seldom reparations

(courtesy of Connecting the Dots, December, 2024)

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