<u><b>sheppard subway construction</b></

chunks of concrete pose like frozen


flames atop useless columns


to frame a pale memory painted


by weather's brush from a palette


of dingy whites, blues and grays,


crusty, cracked and running


over the stairway


carefully worked by an architect


into the plans


of this sheppard subway station


for both purpose and aesthetic.

what remains is but stain upon the wall;


the art of progess.