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Canada's the Best!

Hopefully, today’s (optional) prompt won’t expose you to controversy. Rather than encouraging minimalism, today we challenge you to write a poem of over-the-top compliments. Pick a person, place, or thing you love, and praise it in the most effusive way you can. Go for broke with metaphors, similes, and more. Need a little inspiration? Perhaps you’ll find it in the lyrics of Cole Porter’s “You’re The Top.” (Scroll down at the link for the lyrics and an annotated explanation of them).

Oh, Great White North,
how I love thee
and would love to cross borders,
to frolick in your white snows,
so clean and pristine
on your coldest winter days,
when flurries blot out
the CN Tower, even in mid-April!
Your sights are the best,
they top the Alps!
And your entertainment?
Better than Broadway,
the Louvre,
and Gugenheim!

#1 with healthcare,
your people boast
the healthiest in the world,
can you please teach the US?