Last dregs of summer, bustling street
Along wide
pavements, people meet
The buzz is
back, some sun-tanned faces
Office interaction
races!
Shorts and sandals,
painted toes
As street cuisine tempts office beaux
Bright café awnings welcome trade
Louis Samain’s statue* bathed in shade ...
Trimmed lawns with flowerbeds combine
Vast tower with
Pop-Art design** …
Most lofty limes now flecked with gold
As yes, the year is growing old…
Brazen weeds through
tram tracks peep
Despite the
constant flow of feet;
My thoughts disturbed
by mobile phone
Paused coffee cup - I’m not alone!
(c) Poet in the woods 2021
** Former 25-floor I.T.T. building - decorated by Charles Hargrove, alias Kool Koor, one of the three Ground Up graffiti artists.
Miss Sophie - 505 Avenue Louise
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