- Carolyn Marie Souaid
Life in Nunavik: What I Did While Waiting to be Confirmed on a Flight for Tomorrow

ate seaweed fresh out of the water
checked my emails
checked my Facebook
watched a dog stand guard while his friend stole scraps from the hotel garbage bin
ditto, the other dog
checked my Facebook
checked the Weather Network
drove to the Co-op for Tenderflake
bought an entire bag of MacIntosh apples just to eat one
checked the Weather Network
took crazy selfies up at the Inukshuk
took more selfies by the gargantuan waves
froze my fingers taking selfies
spotted a distant pickup truck waiting for belugas
commented on the arbitrariness of a 50-cent pair of children’s sandals and a $20 pack of cigarettes at the local Co-op
checked my emails
checked my Facebook
checked the Weather Network
watched Suzanne make spiral bannock
checked the Weather Network
checked the Weather Network
checked the Weather Network
ate bannock straight out of the frying oil
ate bannock straight out of the frying oil, lamenting how it is like eating a Fairmount bagel fresh out of the oven (how it expands in stomach like a ton of bricks), but savouring every morsel nonetheless
checked the Weather Network