What You See When You Go Somewhere New

Greenport

Maria she lives here told us to go to Aldo’s for coffee

and that’s where we started, watching Aldo, handsome man

who seems to be perpetually unhappy roast his beans

big red roaster. His coffee is wonderful

strong and strong and we will drink it again today.

Lunch at Sannino Vineyard wine flights 12 glasses

charcuterie plate we faced the vineyards on one of the most

beautiful days and drank glass after glass after glass then drove

to Riverheard migrant workers center there

and many many acres of farmland and we went to a gorgeous

park called Indian County Park right on the water

watched men in kayaks fish and yell they’re jumping into the boats!

and then last night before our perfect meal at Noah’s Restaurant

with Maria and her family we went to a bar

down the road our waitperson told us the story of her life

Trump and addiction and Prescott Arizona and now she will

move to LA in a year and start all over again) and I asked

if she would be willing to write a poem and she said

Of Course I Would.