Kelly Fordon

(Detroit, MI)

at the casino parking lot,
where five children froze
to death last week.

The corner Sonoco–
the flashing lights.
The endless fracas.

Commuters like scugs
dashing up and down
along the bank.

A Poleteam freighter
fused
to the frozen river.

In a not distant
building, smoke
billows up.

The Renaissance Center
a demolition site.
The new bridge

a gangplank. Churches
combatting casinos;
the congregation
cutoff.

When summer comes,
the muscle cars will
panic the scooters again.

So many passing.