hi flint

After I met Flint, the city,
I was shocked from seeing a place of abandoned work
Where life had left slowly
One car, one house, one vacant lot, one light, one sky, one person, no people

A slot machine on a screen once told me that
Flint would live again
When cities south of Flint are on TV burning,
It will have to live again

That afternoon a damp flash storm struck,
And I sat and watched through my silver car’s window
That was a long time ago
A few years later I thought of it
Sitting on the couch, lover at my side
The same feeling then as before
The lessons I learned help me hear your voice

I have no regrets