#play

Mets play Yankees---
who wins
does matter

#fat

outside McDonald's---
a fat boy asks me
for a quarter

#fly

hot Spring sun follows/
drenching day---/
a fly flies

#blue

blue sky---
but she does not
smile

#know

at the gym---
she wants to know
who I think I am

#soap

more Spring showers---
a man hands out
free soap samples

#wears

beautiful Spring day---
the barmaid wears
a kimono

#dawn

dawn---
creeping dark clouds
erase it

#skirt

Fifth Avenue---
a man wears a skirt
many women wear pants

#blue

blue sky---
an ocean liner
departs

#lizard

finally a warm May day---
I stare back
at a lizard

#pet

morning after the storm---
I pet
the lilacs

#dance

one more dance---
she holds me
tight

#truck

wind swept cold rain---
truck makes stops
to deliver bottled water

#mothers

Mother's Day---
restaurants crowded
but who are mothers

#pond

on a pond
one of her chicks lags behind---
Mother's Day

#blue

blue sky---
the chatterbox
is silent

#night

Spring Saturday night---
a young man whistles
"Yankee Doodle"*

* http://tinyurl.com/skd9q

#storm

Spring rain storm---
the roof of the shower
leaks

#where's

Friday night at the gym---
she asks me
where's the bathroom

#juice

she swings her bare leg
as I talk to her---
juice bar

#sunset

hearing the call for prayer
as I pass a mosque---
Spring sunset

#ducks

Hudson River Park---/
ducks feed/
I order fish

#tee

trees dressed to a tee
girls undressed to a leaf---
Spring heats up

#tattoos

Spring warms up---
tattoos
not just on the arms


#sunset

May sunset---
I forgot to send
my old lady flowers

#cool

cool lounge---/
she sings in French/
with Spanish accent

#blue

blue sky---
I can't stand
the smell of ouzo

#playground

May playground---
girls on the swings laugh
at boys on the slide

#fugu

poison-free fugu*/
safe to eat its liver/
but don't eat its liver

* http://tinyurl.com/6nepqz

#pants

next to police precinct---
she waters her garden
and my pants

#drops

chilly May morning---
dew drops on the door
of the outhouse*

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse

#night

Saturday night---
she said it's hot here
no more words spoken

#fog

morning fog---
I take off
my eyeglasses

#pool

Friday night---
a church organist
plays pool

#tears

early morning---
the lilacs survived
last night tears

#fifth

Starbucks---
she stands in fifth*
to wait for her drink

*Ballet position of the feet

#moon

dawn---
under crescent moon
a black bird sings

#balls

Spring waxes---
little girl plays soccer
with tennis balls

#blue

blue sky---
the white tulips
perk

#wind

six-fifteen---
playing softball
against the cold wind

#roof

waiting for
dark clouds to clear---
seagulls on a roof pace

#espresso

heavy Spring rain---
a friend spiced
my espresso

#cat

stormy Spring---
the cat hides
under my chair

#night

overcast Sunday---
the lilacs
remind me of last night

#red

Spring drizzle---
her frizzy red hair
gets wet

#rice

check out---
the clerk wants to know
how many bags of rice I got

#empty

overcast Spring day---
an empty plastic bag rolls
my shoe untied

#Park

Madison Square Park---
no sub prime anything
here

#fly

April ends---
the sun shines
on a dead fly

#blue

blue sky---
the parrot
is very quiet

#moon

needs another night cap
for the dawn---
waxing moon

#out

Union Square---
Spring
but no one speaks out

#blue

blue sky---
my neighbor tells
another big fish story

#dull

dull April afternoon---
one of my exes
calls

#primary

primary Tuesday---
it's about time
the fat lady sings

#beer

April
hot sun and cold wind---
I drink another beer

#dust

morning fog---
she wipes the dust
off her portrait

#play

mass at Yankee Stadium---
his Holiness decides
to play hardball

#rice

the price of rice
goes up---
I start hording sake

#paint

hot April day---
Cherry petals scatter
her new toenail paint

#Park

Madison Square Park Spring day---
dog and his mistress
walk shaking their tails

#moon

her blond hair shines
over her business suit---
full moon at dusk

#dawn

dawn---
out for a walk
my shadow scares me

#cat

hot Spring day---
the cat thinks
this is a jungle

#ring

the subway surfaces---
a symphony
of ring tones

#cap

April warms---
I chat with a woman
who wears a Sox cap

#blue

blue sky---
I step on white
Cherry tree petals

#give

give to Caesar what---
the Pope visits
on Tax Day

#sale

Tax Day---
the sun shines
on a house for sale

#sunset

I stopped to view
a Cherry tree---
April sunset

#blue

blue sky---
her windows are all
fogged up

#dancer

Greek bar---
I use sign language
to chat up the belly dancer

#blue

blue sky---
a grey horse pisses
on new grass

#trees

Cherry trees blossom---
construction workers
nonstop whistling

#bus

new driver---
my bus arrives
on time

#rest

foggy day---
the rest of this
is at present not available

#dawn

dawn---
the birds sing
the cat pretends sleep

#warm

warm Spring day---
the woman in the token booth
smiles at me

#Torch

new Olympic sport---
hide and seek
the Torch

#kitten

evening rush---
a kitten sticks out
of a crowded duffel bag

#sniffing

Starbucks---
green plastic stirrers
too narrow for sniffing

#what?

April cold wind
and hot sun---
Chinese what?

#voyeur

dawn---
a voyeur
needs more time

#cleaning

Spring cleaning---
I misplaced the Drano
in the frig

#blossom

Cherry trees blossom---
she asks have I seen
her new tattoo

#shorts

Spring sun warms---
she jogs on Third Avenue
wearing shorts

#Park

Madison Square Park---
people sit in Spring sun
wearing their Winter coats

#stairs

nice Spring day---
I help a neighbor
go up stairs

#sheep

economy is bad---
my barber switches
to sheep*

* http://tinyurl.com/4sox26

#church

early morning---
the sound of rock 'n roll band
from a church

#keys

Starbucks---
with so many keys on her ring
she may have your heart's

#tie

heavy rain---
I bend down to tie
her shoe laces

#cigars

waiting for my Cuban cigars
to arrive by Fed Ex---
Bill smokes

#pants

an old pair of pants
fit too loose---
Spring morning walk

#store

sunny Spring day---
at the corner store
firemen buy charcoal

#dawn

dawn---
a pile of black trash bags
wait for pick up

#wet

April showers---
who cares
about getting wet

#truth

April's Fool---
she tells
the truth

#barks

a cat runs
the parrot barks---
a dull March ends

#line

March drizzle---
a long line to buy
baseball tickets