In Vermont

We're thinking, let's get out there
to the exotic north of Vermont.
We picture driving along European-style roads
past wood-fenced fields of plump sheep
sneaking through green mountains full of bushy Vermont trees.
What a state of mystery
everyone knows nothing about what is there
in that deep chest of mountains and lakes.
Maybe some hemp-clad young man
tending to his bee hives
will invite us in to his yurt,
offer us fresh goat milk
and rub our feet with organic rejuvenating clay.
Likely, we will be charmed by the same stars we see at home,
kept safe in the same world
met with the same winds.
But in Vermont. In Vermont!