With the closing of the City Centre Airport, building height restrictions are quickly changing in Edmonton’s downtown. This poem reflects my anxiety about what those changes may mean to Alberta Avenue.
I used to watch a sunset
It’s vanished over time
Somewhere behind a mountain range
Of brick and girder grime
This ever-growing skyscape
A lego building prize
I’m left a lone reflection,
on cookie cutter eyes.
I used to stand rejoicing
My heart filled with the sight
I used to watch a sunset,
‘till they turned out the light.