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


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