A Toronto Street

are Toronto’s streetcars
not a beautiful and unique feature of our city? they are stately
historical and controversial
there is no shortage of opinions among Torontonians
I quickly came to know them
and enjoy them
after moving to the city a dozen years ago
they are
so
very
Toronto
they roll confidently along their tracks
morning noon and night
rain or shine
heat or snow

it was a time that feels
oh so long ago
it was another time…. pre-pandemic.
do you remember when