DETROIT BECOME HUMAN

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detroit become human
no longer remembers
detroit before it was human
detroit become human
is harder to talk to
aloof and slow-moving
was somehow more human
when it was five thousand
and sixty-five fences
a lattice of old roads
grown rotten with winter
the wires of the twentieth
century slouching
in grey air or sunshine
detroit become human
i miss your brick houses
i miss your signs tilted
and leaning in long grass
detroit become human
what good did it do you
to heavy to board now
the ferry the Qline
too dense with the weight
of the world become human
no highway can bear you
no airplane can carry you
you've drawn into your body
the old greyhound station
the bridge hangs unanchored
detroit become human
what do we do now
with all of this furniture
the dogs and the children
the kitchens grease-armored
the glass whole and broken
the long flavor ices
the clothes we were saving
detroit become human
come back and be city
lie down on the damp ground
stretch out by grey water
detroit become human
we miss you don't leave us