Eli walked the yellow fields amazed
by the time it took the sun to go
from one end of the sky to the other;
Eli kept his typewriter in the hayloft
he'd cleaned & swept & made his
writing den; Eli had wi-fi & an ipad

He still had chores to do  
when not writing; milking the cows
& feeding the chickens; rumspringa
had been good for him; he was now
a famous poet & painter

but no one knew
where to find him when he wasn't
dancing in the club & doing blow
until his nose bled, smoking ****
during interviews

journalists seeking him out on the farm
to get his garbled words on paper;
& showered w/ awards
from around the world, Eli secretly
married Amy who quickly got pregnant;

Eli bought his family's farm & fell
in love w/ the much younger
Becky Jones,
left Amy
humiliated & ashamed;
openly living in wedlock w/ Becky,

Eli's parents moving for the air
to Nevada where a small affluent
Amish community was thriving