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Canada (or – Better call the calling off)

You say ketchup;
I say tomato sauce.

You say tomato;
In Hindi they say tamatar.

I say ‘tamatar’;
You say ‘eh?’

This was written by A S H Smyth. Posted on Thursday, October 4, 2012, at 9:33 am. Filed under Poetry. Tagged Canada, Hindi, tomatoes. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback.

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