A poem written on January 23, 2009. Montauk, New York.

In the Universe

In the Milky Way

On the planet Earth

In the United States

In New York State

On Long Island

In Montauk

In the Royal Atlantic Motel

In room 205

In the rear room

On the TV stand

The TV sits

Under the TV

another shelf

The Holy Bible sits

Next to the Verizon phone book

Across from the table

Across from the chair

Where I sit

With my pen and paper

With the salt and pepper

With the cinnamon

And the Jr. Mints

And the neglected black ashtray

Next to my cell phone

And my coffee cup

With water in there

Next to the funny looking remote for the TV

Next to my arm

Attached to my hand

Holding the pen

I am writing this with

In the middle of January

On the day of twenty-three

In the first hour

At exactly 12:34

In the year of '09

In the twenty-first century

With my ass on the chair

And my head in the clouds.

© Tim Young 2009