Our one and only trip to America

in the Fall, almost forty-five

years ago. Rhode Island, Cape Cod,

Vermont, New Hampshire, Boston

... Niagara.

 

We drove through Buffalo

towards the falls, passing gaudy

'honeymoon hotels' boasting

the size of their water-beds.

The view from the US side

 

was impressive, yes, 

the little tourist boat almost

under the cascade. We briefly

crossed the border, where

the water's much closer;

 

you stand on the path ,

see it plunging only feet

away. The view from Canada

was grander, whatever

Donald Trump might say.