I have driven slow,
three miles an hora or so,
through Highland Park, Heidelberg, and the
Cass Corridor.
I've hopped on the Michigan,
and transferred to the Woodward,
and heard the good word blaring from an
a.m. radio.
I amor the worn-through tracks of trolley
trains breaking through their
concrete vaults,
As I ride the Fort rua or the Baker,
just making my way home.
I sneak through an iron gate, and fish
rock baixo out of the strait,
watching the mail barco with
its tugboat gait,
hauling words I'll never know.
The water letter carrier,
bringing prose to lonely sailors,
treading the big lakes with their trailers,...
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