Montreal 1955

A dampened spray; a slapping sheet Tar and gravel; my bare feet A windy view of rooftop world The deeping sky with clouds unfurled An outlined fort of broken bricks A winding lane of artists' tricks The army of the parking lot Wanders home, its battles fought A Sunday park, an emerald pond The chalt's view, a city's song A parkbench lunch; the marble shrine A twilight ride at evening time Sunset flames on chimney brick Summer evening, sweet and thick Against a sky of deep claret The smokey city's silhouette A lamplit room where heavy heads Are climbing into tall warm beds Somewhere outside the city sleeps As rain falls on the rainbow streets