Two generations face off over a round table in the awkward comfort of metal chairs
Comments flying over each other's shoulders, grazing earlobes
Nos and not reallys and you're wrongs stomping carelessly atop a minefield
Shredded, burnt-out, long-exploded hollow shells of Nazi Germany
vs.
Defensive, insistent, transparent, labeled structures of contemporary Canada
Yet they negotiate a truce, pushing for common ground
Coffee cups and cookies and conversation crumbling between them
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