After years of nomadic life I have settled in Manhattan
This is the place I call home now, eating khichadi in Manhattan
I watch Chicago on the Broadway and Romeo & Juliet at the Met Opera
When I return home at East 43 street, I eat khichadi in Manhattan
I read at the Poets House with Alfred Corn and Ladan Osman
I drink red wine at the bar with Burt Kimmelman in Manhattan
I travel within the city in yellow taxis chatting with Sukhbir, Imtiyaj, Karl
and eat Italian between the third avenue and Lexington in Manhattan
I meet Nicholas Birns at Juan Valdez Cafe and Indran Amrithayangan
at the Met Museum, I ride a horse carriage in the central park in Manhattan
I shop Kelvin Klein at the Macy's at the Times Sqaure and i-phone
seven at the grand Apple store on the fifth avenue in Manhattan
I read Night Sky Without Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong and Claudia Rankine's Citizen
I browse through Float by Anne Carson at the Barnes and Nobles in Manhattan
pizzas, pastries, pastas, burgers, sandwiches, I eat them all, but
when the long day is over, at home, I savour khichadi in Manhattan