Lost Mittens

When asked by the reporter, the michigander only replies, "There's nothing left for us here..."

Oh Michigan! Your woes lay
Behind, and yet so far ahead
Our once huddled masses
Now leave few behind for better fortune
I hope they find it

And yet we were tricked (twice!)
By a Canadian no less (no offense)

Do we not
fancy
ourselves
A part of the great northern?

And we are,
Wilderness and nature once abounding
But much is now missing
Our water dilapidated by pollutants
Now turning these lakes
Into sludge, murky and low
Our trees felled by borers
From another land
With no mercy

And the rest�
industries lay barren
Astranged from our past
So our �supportive� companies
Can still stand
NAFTA for the greater good
And cut out the heart
Of an already sinking ship

But I don�t see CEO�s taking a cut
Fight on Gettleberg,
Union folk
You shall be prophets warning
The philistines-
Or the last martyrs for
For a nationalist
American cause

Yes, preach to those turncoats
Among us
In every
Nissan, Subaru, or Toyota owner
driving 'round the big 7
The Guillable,
Chumped by �Quality� issues
Made decades ago

It does make a difference
Plaster your bumper stickers
March against your makers
Show somebody still
Stands for something

Hope for the lost souls of Jackson
Of Flint, Sterling Heights,
St. Johns, River Rouge,
The list infinite
The Shattered lives
Invisible

Weep for those whose
Strength carries them away
For they will not return this lifetime

Oh Michigan!
Our gauntlet
Lays before us
And let us pray
We are not too blind
And weak
To make it through.

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[Jaffa Forbes]

Very powerful and effective words. I think they would mean more to me if I was American and understood the situation there better. I get the odd feeling that people might read this poem in years to come and use it to analyse what these days were like.
Jaff :)

[J.P. Bristow]

now now...here we go......writing of heart...substance...anger......remorse.......I am impressed.