Detroit is a mess, eighteen billion in debt
But you can't stop a loser from a double down bet.
The transit she has runs deep in the red
Half her acreage is vacant and her tax base has fled.
So now they plan a streetcar, the M-1 light rail
They boldly go forward with a plan doomed to fail.
Detroit's busted budget is out of control
Their schools are the worst, Half the town's on the dole.
But if we build a streetcar then all will be well?
More cash down the rat hole! Don't ask and don't tell.
Three billion dollars it's projected to cost-
half for the rail line and half for the Boss.
This is a GREAT Poem. More informative, true and sadly humorous than any lying news paper or TV news cast. It sure tells it as it is. Poems like this convince, Poets are not silly wimps.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
forgot to say, the Title is also a Gem!