I said 39 times that I love you

May I ask why? Why the hell not is the question. Since leaving the dirt and grime of that old automotive town behind for Nashville in 2006, some questioned White's loyalty to his former hometown.
Say what you want about Jack White's poetic imagery of the D. He's still the coolest MF in rock'n'roll.
three miles an hour or so,
through Highland Park, Heidelberg, and the
Cass Corridor.
I've hopped on the Michigan,
and transferred to the Woodward,
and heard the good word blaring from an
a.m. radio.
I love the worn-through tracks of trolley
trains breaking through their
concrete vaults,
As I ride the Fort Street or the Baker,
just making my way home.
I sneak through an iron gate, and fish
rock bass out of the strait,
watching the mail boat with
its tugboat gait,
hauling words I'll never know.
The water letter carrier,
bringing prose to lonely sailors,
treading the big lakes with their trailers,
floats in blue green chopping waters,
above long-lost sunken failures,
awaiting exhumation iron whalers,
holding gold we'll never know.
I've slid on Belle Isle,
and rowed inside of it for miles.
Seeing white deer running alongside
While I glide, in a canoe.
I've walked down Caniff holding a glass
Atlas root beer bottle in my hands
And I've entered closets of coney islands
early in the morning too.
I've taken malt from Stroh's and Sanders,
felt the black powder of abandoned
embers,
And smelled the sawdust from wood cut
to rehabilitate the fallen edifice.
I've walked to the rhythm of mariachis,
down junctions and back alleys,
Breathing fresh-baked fumes of culture
nurtured of the Latin and the
Middle East.
I've fallen down on public ice,
and skated in my own delight,
and slid again on metal crutches
into trafficked avenues.
Three motors moved us forward,
Leaving smaller engines to wither,
the aluminum, and torpedo,
Monuments to unclaimed dreaming.
Foundry's piston tempest captured,
Forward pushing workers raptured,
Frescoed families strife fractured,
Encased by factory's glass ceiling.
Detroit, you hold what one's been seeking,
Holding off the coward-armies weakling,
Always rising from the ashes
not returning to the earth.
I so love your heart that burns
That in your people's body yearns
To perpetuate,
and permeate,
the lonely dream that does encapsulate,
Your spirit, that God insulates,
With courageous dream's concern.
(Photo courtesy of Big Matt)
Labels: Courageous Dream's Concern, Detroit, Jack White, the White Stripes
3 Comments:
MAKE THAT 40. all caps.
By
blahblahblah, at Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 4:40:00 PM EDT
I can't believe the ode to Detroit didn't include professing some sort of love for either Senate, Lafayette or Duly's Coney Island restaurants.
By
SeƱor Garo, at Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 11:41:00 AM EDT
hey my friend said something funny about this. once JW goes back with money in his wallet and his car stolen, he won't love it anymore. hee hee kinda funny. i DO love JW though. what a rockin piece of flesh. he makes playing music/instruments lok so damn easy and natural. love him!!
go raconteurs!!!
By
Amanda, at Monday, July 14, 2008 at 11:04:00 AM EDT
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