Humorous

Of course, the fireworks were not for me.
I was prepared to skip the celebration 
honoring Canada’s Confederation, 
and all for the sake of a silly vow I made 
three months before, when spring was young and fresh.
When I got off the train at Central Station — 
the inauspicious day of April Fools, 
but also the day that Nunavut was formed 
from the eastern part of the Northwest Territories,
less history and more a trivial fact — 
my clandestine return to Montreal 
began with little pomp or circumstance.