A Feeling Of Deja Vu Poem by Gayathri Seetharam

A feeling of déjà vu
-Gayathri B. Seetharam
The last time Justin Trudeau made it as Prime Minister
Ousting out the incumbent for three terms, Stephen Harper,
I made the world's first ever floral landscape, a sunrise,
Bespeaking of the sunny days that would shine on Canada;

Mr. Trudeau as PM has been good for the economy
His government has increased the GDP of Canada to a 1.7 trillion dollars
An all-time high, I imagine,
For Canada is a sparsely populated country with a generous heart;

If "Our Lady Peace" Canada has done the peacekeeping efforts in Mali
Under PM Trudeau, Canada has also created jobs and combated climate change
And made progress in research
For I know for a fact that I have written technical papers in engineering and science
Worthy of holding my own in a research environment,
It has more milestones to achieve under the laudatory efforts of Trudeau;

In many ways, Justin Trudeau is an enigma
For if he is diplomatic in his ways, he is also outspoken,
I voted for the local candidate, Arif Virani,
Partly because I like him
And partly because I wanted it to register as a vote for the liberals;

I wore my woolen blouse with the crochet pattern designed and made by myself
Boldly declaring that LOVE has the beauty of a flower to it
And gives a tender approach to family matters
On Election Day 2019 and went to the election booth with my beloved son;
The day after Election Day 2019 when I was contemplating the travails of the world and the joys of money
After Justin Trudeau had been declared the winner with a minority government
It occurred to me that I could make the words, LOVE and SEX,
Spelling out the letters as flower arrangements,
The world's first ever art of this kind;

A feeling of déjà vu overcame me
And thought that lest this be thought of as a Freudian slip in Justin Trudeau's direction
I must make a common Freudian"ism", WORK and PAY
Both times, the inspiration for the ideas have been from floral pieces done in Bangalore in India
And I hope that I seduce the world with LOVE and SEX and conquer society with WORK so it rewards me with MONEY.