This abandoned building was once the lower train depot for downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Once a bustling business in the hayday of the train industry, it now stands empty, a home for pigeons and vagabonds. Examples like this can be found in many cities across the USA.

This poem is a Figure Eight poem.
The Figure Eight format was created by this author. Several reviewers suggested that it take a name. Wackydo, a fellow Fanstorian, suggested this name because the wide upper and lower portion with a tighter center suggests the form of an 8.
Here is the structure. Each stanza has a syllable count of:
8-8-8-4-4-8-8-8
The rhyme scheme is: aaabbccc
There can be any number of stanzas.
There is no requirement for a specific meter, just an adherence to the syllable count.

This photograph was taken by the author himself.

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