Detroit recession, 1979-82

I dreamed I lived on Rome Street again
and touched the streetlight pole, safe at last.
The goal for hide-and-seek and all other games.
Safe again. My palm ...  [+]

My oldest friend has a cold, and his mother
is dying. I might be catching it over the phone.

The cold, I mean. My mother? Also dying.
Anything on TV to cure a cold? A child riding

a ...  [+]

In the woods behind Schofield Elementary,
skipped over by levelers and pavers
bulldozing through ...  [+]