The coin stopped spinning. She picked it up—a loonie. The last one until next week’s cheque.
Please. Add a line for hope. She didn’t send it. Instead, she folded the paper into a small boat. She placed the loonie inside. Then she walked to the creek behind the plaza, the one that ran past the food bank and the pawnshop. She set the boat on the water. what does odsp cover
What does ODSP cover? Not enough. Never enough. The coin stopped spinning
Her son, Leo, age seven, had drawn a picture on the back of an electricity bill. A stick-figure family under a crooked sun. Leo had asked for new running shoes yesterday. His current pair had a grin cut into the side, the sole flapping like a tired tongue. Please
But Maya knew better. The guide didn’t cover this .
And for a moment, Maya thought: That. That is what ODSP doesn’t cover. But maybe, somehow, it should.
ODSP covers survival. But survival is not a life. It covers my pills, but not my dignity. It covers this address, but not a home. It covers my son’s asthma puffer, but not the look on his face when I say “maybe next month.”