Living Eastly

free verse poem

living eastly and watching live
tv from the west coast
it’s always daytime out there—
the streets filled
with pourable light

i used to live out there —
in the sunlight
the rest of the country
in the dark
in the cold

but not anymore

these days i slide home on frozen sidewalks,
watch tv from the west coast,
and dream of fancy flights to the sun,
dream of pressing my a…