In 1967
I watched Detroit
burn on TV
and saw my own
country invaded
by its own tanks.

Even at sixteen
I knew I was
watching the
beginning
of the end
of something
that had been
magical and rotten
for too many years.

Sometimes even
young kids
can see
the future.

And now it is here.

The fire next time
is come upon us.

And we burn before
we will change.

   ~mce