Red

Detroit Coloring-Book

Red

I

Not empathetic in retro-
spect on ironic distance
from destruction.

Apostle not apathetic
only oblong on
color in face.

Proletarian whose mobile
device allow a knife
to enter the third-rib.

Is it blood?

II

Documentaries that silence
desire dubbed
dead on standing.

Fingers on gun
gleaming and gaming
slide round town.

Project tiles lie
in pot holed streets
lost in neglect.

Stop lights are stop signs.

III

Men are indeed from
Mars and Venus and
Detroit of course.

Corvettes are caring
dogs that slobber all
over your pants.

Holes are everywhere
failing once again
to fill themselves.

Angry capitalism.

IV

There is misogamy in making
menstruating policies
that leak everywhere.

Plug it up or plug it in
playing out running thin
sopping up sin.

Pile it on baby
that rouge in French

Je me suis fache.


Red, white, and blue.

V

St. George on the Red-
Crosse Faery Queen
olive sans pimento.

Pit pat sit sat pit
bull bites leather
couches in basements.

Under the clay beard
blank starring lips
unpart for green.

It is not the Sun.

VI

Aesthetics by subtracting
all but the tongue
lying in gutters.

Playful are the squirrels
who chatter with asphalt
ground into the earth.

Daylight escapes cracks
retreating like the “Engines”
running from Col. Custer

Made in Michigan.

VII

Cherries and Fordism
flagrant foul Thomas
hope basket no basket.

Wings are all white
playing in a city act
noir in nature.

Suburban students migrate
every weekday their walking stick
pick your escape Helm.

Perception of the head.

VIII

Class realization saunters
toward the edge of toilet
water simply waiting.

Flushed flashed abashed
toxic in toxic out
cranial capital crash.

Corporate patronage died
when equality never
lived in empire apples.

Aggregate culture.

IX

Condensed communal cuts
prance around broken glass
and puncture skin.

Rabid and lounging and
begging for anything
never say never had.

And on the heart
on the ground
into the mother.

Wounded consumer wound.

X

That can of coca-
cola spilled on electric
city jonesing for more.

Stained glass in patches
of burnt grass seeping
through cracks of concrete.

Rusty rocking horse
convulse back and forth
with shrieking swings

Play at your own risk.

XI

The river plants
industrial enigmas that
spew forth cuss words.

The atmospheric ears
lose hearing while
gaining more than bargained for.

Foreground sit on foreheads
before pimples can pop
expectations must squeeze.

Transform garbage to coins.

XII

Drive for you must be
the consumer of creation
lines upon lines upon graves.

Dirt no longer covers
the privates of form
and hard it has become.

Undone or maybe undead
feed on the collapsing
capillaries advancing back.

Pick your prison.

XII

The fruit has fallen
on steel sticks
applesauce are appletinis.

Tiny creatures find
the best places to hide
in plain stripped sight.

Another adaptation allowing
hierarchies to flower
beautifying le droight.

Reversal of the right.

XIII

Fire the whole line
conflagration of the many
dousing the few with doses.

Pile of sticks or
faggots en fuego
the sparks breathe.

Over under on top bottom
ambiguity in abstractness
unabashed and ungendered.

Do you have a light?

XIV

Sandstone center of worship
decays on the main vein
lacking oxygen oxymoron.

Onward backward Woodward
asphalt jungle in need
of no fault insurance.

Nuance no ants or
bears that mine iron ore
to the feed the family.

Bare arms carry bastard babies.

XV

O Great Metropolis you
can’t find sleep and gaze
upon yourself with bloody eyes.

Cracked stanza standard
moment moving glass
confuse mirror neurons.

Narcissus rediscovered in
Greektown but history
can find fancy first in French

Je me joue.

XVI

The Sun rises in
Windsor winding its
way wanting the West.

Above seas of suburbs
vessels are docked
indignant in isolation.

Once fish fins and gills
are legs and lungs that
scream “Let’s sprawl y’all”

It’s all mine mine mine.

XVII

So Majestic you seem
from afar but foreigners
find fake magic.

Even the greatest man-made
magician can’t mask
the realities of the flesh.

Houdinied are the arts
or sang real leaking
from absurd arteries.

Mars again prevails.

XVIII

Here the West donates the Bloods
and Crips infused Marx
and Hollywood and drugs.

Street corner apprentices
appropriate the only
remaining cogent good.

Scratched arms reach for
cracked stonings of
war planes flying high.

Bumpy ride with smoke for spokes.

XIX

Painful politics in plain
placation are destroyed by Mayors
who refuse to go down on the town.

Oaths lack meaning as
marriage merely mitigates
misanthropy and masturbation.

Once self-satisfied in standing
leaders lusty like lice
rape an already empty core.

Give her back her sex appeal asshole.

XX

Out of passion rising
tides of indignant
creativity flourish in formula.

The music of mo-town
misplaced and misunderstood
remains laughing in legacy.

Soul food for sad ears
revered and raunchy races
cohabitate crash communities.

We are crash test dummies.

XXI

In the summer sun one
no longer sees children splashing
water from red hydrants.

Pictures of simpler times
forgotten on flowered
wallpaper hang on abandonment.

Too much vacancy to
mother father squatter
daughter son undone.

Build a new home.

XXII

Bridge one two out
of park into two nations
buying many the munchies.

The socially abused of
course abuse socially
constructed means for menial methods.

Mind your mouth bum
Je ne suis pas a toi
Understand I only carry credit.

Carry my State of being.

XXIII

She is a cultural work
in herself out spoken out
of time in industrial independence.

She needs love to linger
lick cake from fingers and
She will entertain you.

Come back to Her You
who have divorced your
own body every body.

Don’t abort that baby again.

XXIV

Miscarriage your miscreant
for as sad as it seems
it’s better this way.

Bloody water gets
hotter and hotter and
boils over eventually.

It’s okay don’t worry be
happy in Her once again
and again and again.

And again.

XXV

Warrior paint once under
eyes now lie under lips
ready to be kissed and kicked.

Headdress on regress on
boobs and booties winking
sinking thinking how to dress.

Riding Hood seeking
goods sitting flirty
everyone riding dirty.

Supply demand Uncle Sam.

XXVI

People mover mugger mover
take people to places
they can get to with cars.

Only Downtown no
Midtown no University
campus as we march.

Field of Mars no
crops grow here as
soldiers gather around.

Combatant constituents cringe.

XXVII

Burlesque performer from New
York tells the audience
she prefers the Dirty D.

Piano and fingers with
comedic eyes funny lips
timed change countdown.

Only took 18 seconds to
become Sarah Palin
what the fuck happened?

Politicians are performers.

XXVIII

Call me out for wearing
a white fedora and skills
and games and domination.

Political satire laughs
at Alaska for electing
another reason to laugh.

Democracy in circumspection
singing filling bubbles
education in culture.

“No one will be left behind”.

XXIX

Northern Lights W. Baltimore
crowded and drunk with
pride for our city.

Beautiful girls perform
with the love of the arts
and take off most of their clothes.

Purely original in standing
sitting crouching laying
down leaving clothes behind.

Drink another and another.

XXX

Time to clean up
the bar the city the
trash the leftovers.

But even leftover can
taste good while
promoting prostate health.

Begging for half-pennies
empty pockets are lusty
for lips all too diseased.

Problems probe healthcare Jobe.

XXXI

Sitting on some old
rotting picnic table in
my courtyard Ole Cass D.

Laundry drying almost
done someone tries to
start their old ass car.

Reheheheh and nothing
obnoxious tunes and Ebonics
don’t help as the hood cats laugh.

Another day in the D.

XXXII

The breeze is at least
pleasant and natural and
calms the chaos somewhat.

The returning birds sing
R and B and Red breasts
puff up in pride.

Gray black and red orange
bricks make up the scene
with indifference they sit.

Common Spring needs a new ignition.

XXXIII

Start thug spark plug
finally gets it started
“Y’all goin’ to da sto?”

Straight out da alley
bickering “What you did?”
roll on rust no Rolls Royce

Odyssey toward Warren and
Woodward onward to ward
off feeling inadequate.

Motor City Mortar City.

XXXIV

Clothes are dry heat
dot dot red dot shirt
back inside no bark.

Full basket put down
now going Downtown
to visit my Indian girl.

Vestment not away there
is no delay for
anything today tomorrow.

Where are my keys?

XXXV

Big cats play the American
game on big screens
La Casa De la Habana.

The bartender is beautiful
dark and serves me well
drinks and thinks.

The love of my life
force no divorce distance
heart in hand on bottles.

Shiner Bock Latin Rock.

XXXVI

“I’m going to interact with
the people around me” says
Sir Thomas Forget Me Knot

Beer on him bartender
asks “What you drinkin?”
“I’ll have a Shiner Bock please”.

Fox stop light you fight
for no reason season
sang non-smokers light.

Abused by you for you.

XXXVII

Lefty hook little nook
too many television sets
on off the walls.

Commune in signature
singular on stance
glance take a chance karaoke.

“See them dancing” “Oh”
“Baby got back” like them
round around town.

Beep beep beep.

XXXVIII

People are aware that
I’m well aware of their
stare redshirt flirt.

Stimulus package attack
chatter on green tile
spotted and cracked checkers.

Play chess on the ground
around town around
lines screaming show tunes.

“Start spreading the news”.

XXXIX

Not “New York New York”
town midtown city
D dwell I fell in.

Love in class she
sat flash back sit
back my meow meow.

Feline incline little
“town blues are melting”
in Ole Detroit Detroit

Karaoke flash dreams.

XXXX

No more show tunes in
sound never ends music
rock now stood stand.

“Skip da dip” Sanskrit
flashing coin slot games
scream for play money.

Whole? Hole? Feedback
is too much for ears
Ezra head Pound sound.

Fail at objectivism.

XXXXI

Red Hot Chili Peppers “gotta
put it in you” “give it
away now” fall drunk.

Linoleum lines lie wet
lips click clack slip
slap stick comedy kiss.

K V lives here in the
D Heart Plaza stall
crawl party brawl.

“Give it away na”.

XXXXII

Commune downtown left
turn uncrown up
down inside in frown.

Rows of head stories
curious eyes shadow
lies feverous flesh flies.

Time sign time cosine re
sound “push it real good” hand
ornament orifice.

Friend interlude dude.

XXXXIII

Still at Lefty’s bar
exam cotton eyed
Sam uncle Sambo

“Calling yes sir I’m talking
to you” no scrubs no
racist just faceless.

Not done never
fades the flashing
fluid flowing in going.

Go dog Go dawg Go.

XXXXIV

Hey singer harbinger
look good for
me and everyone.

You sound almost as
good “Born and Raised
in South Detroit”.

“Took the midnight
train” meet device
slate slice street lights.

Towers tarantulas as tripe.

XXXXV

Large glass all but
empty circle consent
spires “Iris” with a twist.

Oliver Twist or Charlie
Dos Passos or rich
or broke breast plate.

Red-Crosse Sidney kidney
damnation English Eden
Milton playing the bard card.

British band-wagon Canon.

XXXXVI

Hockey time in Hockey
Town ice skate
rebate tax faceoff.

The black boxer Joe
Louis and Zukofsky have
I had too much?

Beer no reappear empty
glass too fast relapse
perception no decision.

I write for the letter I.

XXXXVII

Wayne whine and wine
chant cheat no repeat
no repeat handle mine.

Graduating and yet and
yet set stand free
hand in pen is grand.

Crowd loud not merely
loud enough stuff
stats stake high stake.

State rakes sweep.

XXXXVIII

Words that tumble
about in sing song
ping pong tag along.

He really “feels the break”
Santeria what do
you “really wanna say”?

How Sublime one in
a dime satiable bass
consumer bass earthquake.

People have a unique smell.

XXXXIX

Back to poesy woe
is me “Mambo Num 5”
fifth third Reich raid.

For no reason fascist
attack song bird
be heard please be heard.

Assail the core for
more and less equal
sequel smile safe.

Turn to 3 then 5.

D

Must leave luxury
nature calls exit
sign behind Wayne.

“To the left” always
to the left sometimes
to the left never.

Sundown ultimate
incarnate intake
entail ego fail.

Communal in life and death.

DI

Pay the bill go
word Scrabble game
object Stein beer stein

You and they and
you never will
be in Detroit with me.

Dead lines dead words
dead poet dead
society alive and alive.

Hear ear here hearsay.

DII

Miss Michigan meet Miss
America mirror voir
sweet and sour sighs.

Look in looking out
about people shout hands
together clasp cringe.

Unhinge stress dress
confess serpent scribe
am I amie.

French in friend help defend.

DIII

Language barrier no
barrier bare baron
bear claw flow flaw.

Tonal seesaw he
haw tumble in
the straw law.

Student broke no
joke loans mail
chain mail future fail.

Try not to be too worried.

DIV

One pill two pill red
pill blue pill white
pill kill reality.

Walking pharmacy cry
crime culture time
bars mime not mine.

Cash crop drop drip
castle hustle flow
faint saint sand.

Quixotic quicksand stand.

DV

Drug companies keep
full company reap
and sow and rape.

Castrated community
can’t give glory stories
stagnant for need.

Sad survival of the fit
est un tragedie cult
torture prison tenants.

One and undone all fun.

DVI

Justice for who or whom
grammatically incorrect set
size prize penalty.

Learn to read right and
Wright and convince the
masses they need this and that.

Cass corridor mass
odor Oh door open
close book page.

Doggy ear every letter.

DVII

Obama care scare
skin kin can create
hate no hate debate.

Lost in stacked
cracks the skull ball
and chain gang game.

Too much deaf ism
schism classism calm
before the storm reform.

What is left?

DVIII

Perhaps too much rye
whisky Jack attack
rhyme over reason.

Season not right fight
left jab knife stab
fluid blood druid drole.

Laugh staff minority
A minor D minor
The Big Sea major.

The choir sings of creation.

DIX

Marx bad word absurd
another abolitionist agitator
realist rant Red Army.

Rough rider one
sider wrong
Roosevelt teddy bear.

FDR deal steal
from the rich niche
poor donor boner.

I am Robin of the Hood.

DX

New popular front bunt
sacrifice signal stats
for mass benefit concerts.

Sellability vs. skill subject
position Fordism make
things efficient by design.

Producer consumer pack
O brother where are thou
sign these papers please.

Where does the artist lie?

DXI

Money can buy anything
but not everything art
induction production.

Use abuse Miss
used confused broke
passion back mountain.

Fountain head dead
object truth subject
to sail scrutiny.

No more Clues Clucking Clams.

DXII

I am here I am
here I am Ian Pay-
son please pay son.

There is more and
Moore to be read red
perceive things unsaid.

Reason in rhyme
convention pension
planned parenthood for progress.

Poet voice rejoice hear.

DXIII

More than Gold I
see hope trans parent
eye ball see through walls.

Times are hard so
they say unafraid I
feel like you and you two.

Three four million score
class teachers seek
students who understand.

I am still here.