Gm’s Poletown Plant Poem by Joe Rosochacki

Down by the viaduct where box cars attached to locomotives roll,
Down on the south side of Hamtramck, Michigan,
There was a community that is no more,
GM had decided to make a main assembly plant,
To manufacture Cadillacs none the less but they had to accrue the land.
They had an agenda they had a cause,
Like Gulliver, GM came down on the Lilliputians,
The little people would find out what’s in store regarding some laws.
Politicians were mostly likely ‘bribed’ and received special considerations,
And laws were passed placing the entire land under eminent domain,
The land was not eminent domain,
It was land owned by homeowners,
Although the properties were of lower value,
But it real estate property; all the same.
Churches, hospitals, and schools were raised.
People lost there neighborhoods,
Some would protest, some would shout,
About such indignation.
that was all they had,
Being displaced for commercial business
- is not the idea of eminent domain was about,
However, they proceeded to convince the courts that it was for a common good.
GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant remain idle today,
With unrelenting breathlessness,
-to await the announcement that President Bush is expected to say,
They are hoping to be saved by the bell,
Bush, the object Identified Flying Objects,
in Iraq will be home,
(He did some ‘sole-searching’ while in Iraq)
GM awaits the loan-out or bail out because Cadillacs and other vehicles aren’t selling well,

How about that Karma?

12-16-08
(Eminent domain:
The right of the government to acquire property for necessary public use with just compensation the right of which is found in the 5th Amendment to the Constitution.)