Growing Up With Detroit Channels
I loved Detroit
I watched WGPR:
Doctor Who and Dark Shadows
were on every day after school.
I loved Detroit
I watched WXON:
Kung fu films on Friday nights
provided action, poorly dubbed.
I loved Detroit
I watched WKBD:
Creature Feature Saturdays,
Robert Plant's wailing voice in the lead-in.
I loved Detroit
when I was young,
turning the dial
and taken away.
Mornings We Ran
I remember running
(when I used to run)
decades ago distant.
Early opaque mornings
we would run together
hold conversation between
us, this pretty vibrant
Somali woman and I.
Along that Detroit River
on the Windsor side we ran,
trading mutually furtive glances,
sometimes at pace with the flow.
I cared for her, so much
more deeply than she may
have at first intended --
more deeply than I may have
had a right to do, but then
she may have liked who I was
more than I had deserved.
These days, my knees shot,
I can only dream
of running.
Karen In The Wild
Is it that I
wore a mask
among a crowd that didn't
(gasp!) --
is it that I
wore a heavy metal t-shirt
at my age
(shock!) --
is it that I
wore a chain
around my neck without cross
(terror!) --
or, is it that I
was merely a man with his son
crossing your path in a store
on a bad day for you
that made you act like
such a...
Karen?
Rust Belt Rhyme
As a moody child clutches
the hem of an indifferent mother's gown,
oh my Canada, I love you,
no matter the times and ways you let me down.
David Alec Knight grew up in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. Recent work has appeared in Verse Afire, Night Owl Narrative, Tickets To Midnight Volume 2 - It's Human, Starman Oddity Anthology - Poetry And Art Inspired By David Bowie, and Stormwash: Environmental Poems. He was recipient of the Ted Plantos Memorial Award for Poetry, 2021. His most recent book, Leper Mosh (Cajun Mutt Press, 2022), is his first book to feature his own art on the cover.
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