iron and wood 

many sit on this bench 

talking their talk 

as did we 

some years ago, 

our voices as lonely 

as the

iron and wood 

aging empty 

in the 

sun. 

Poem  © 2009 by R. Burnett Baker

Photo  © 2006 by R. Burnett Baker 

Photo taken at the corner of Alexander and Church streets, Toronto, Ontario, 2006 by R. Baker