T.V. Dinners

Kay Ryan
where have been
all my life

one of unrequited
years spent

trying to slake
a hunger

for verse

it must've been
snowing
in Flagstaff

or you would have arrived
sooner

but before you came

words and music

disolved
in my mouth like
cotton candy

so unlike
the T.V. Dinners
you ration out

the delectable noodles
and meatballs swirling

in greasy gravy

the fuel
to send me furhter
down the road

the endless journey