Montréal

The letters on the Departures Board

are falling back into themselves: London

into Montreal via three brisk ripples

of the alphabet, Amsterdam, and six hours

in the air.

                  Six hours later, on the Arrivals Board,

the letters are falling back into themselves:

Montreal collapses into London and returns

as Montréal; as if the French passed through

a fording of the English to find itself more French.