Yonge Street
Empty stores
for lease
My steps passing
bookstores ,
crowded lit cages of diners , and vacant doors .
The second floors sing
with promise of neon massage .
Hanging socks and laundry ,
clothes lines,
are up on second floors
as well.
Someone is home
above the
storefronts drying out
on a weeknight
all in a yellow glow .
The condos will be
coming
and soon
no one will know
what this city block
looked like
In the 1900’s
