over by the underpass
under the overlook
is a city called "detroit"
it rains there often
and sometimes
the lake effect snow glistens
against the smog
but in a nice way
i never want to work again
i don't want to make
cars
but
i want to
have
a
place
to
call
"home"
God, you never answer
but , just this once
Let me be from Detroit?
2007-09-21 19:23:58 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Zap, that is a project we can share. "Fort Lauderdale, why hath thou forsaken me?"
2007-09-21 19:32:46 · update #1
I think... that I should share this poem with my boyfriend... who is from Detroit. :-) Great poem.
2007-09-22 04:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by Megs 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Y'know, somehow you even sound eloquent here. What can I say Eight-Track? You can take the man out of the poet...
Through the impenetrable traffic
Inching down the Belt Parkway
Up and over the Verazzano
Statue of Liberty staring mutely
On the smog-swallowed horizon
Across Staten Island, the
Land of the free, homey
Come the smokestacks
Lined
Up
One
By
One
And the smell of nuclear waste in the air
God, just this once,
Why can't I be from Jersey?
2007-09-22 02:37:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
It really sounds like you want to go home, Dearest. It's a very heartfelt poem.
2007-09-22 09:17:35 · answer #3 · answered by Mama Otter 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I like the part where you wish to be able to reply when asked "yeah mate, no wuckers! ... I'm from Detroit" and I like it even more cause some people didn't get it!
2007-09-22 02:53:11 · answer #4 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I like it. Its simple, to the point. I get a clear image of the mood you are trying for. Nice. Any more?
2007-09-22 02:36:03 · answer #5 · answered by jennette h 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Don't most people pray to get out of Detroit?
2007-09-22 02:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 12⤊ 0⤋
God bless you whoever you are, or whatever you do and all your goals and aspirations.
2007-09-22 02:30:58 · answer #7 · answered by DREENA 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
(Sniff)
It's beautiful man.....
Can you write me one for Ft. Lauderdale?
Have a beer, bro.
2007-09-22 02:30:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
Nyeh, whatever.
You didn't find anything that rhymes with "Hemi"!
2007-09-22 02:56:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anthony Stark 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very nicely done!
2007-09-22 02:41:03 · answer #10 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋