#taffeta

before dark---
a blimp sinks through
layers of blue and orange taffeta

#the sun sets

early spring---
where I see the sun sets
has moved behind a skyscraper

#reading tea leaves

America will be
China
and visa versa

#self portrait

I painted my self portrait---
Shakespeare
with hair cut

#snakes

warm spring weather---
I visit the snakes
at the zoo

#two

blond in the subway---
two bags one black, one brown
two shirts: black and orange

#homework for the dirty

read
the ten commandments
then wash yourself

#bamboo

tic tac toe---
toy bamboo ladders
in a flower shop window

#graffiti

graffiti on roof tops
looks brighter
during spring time

#sea gulls

sea gulls---
soaring high as airplanes
in a no fly zone

#mind under matter

ask a peacock if
he's got more mind than matter
he'd say that's insane

#baseball cap

nice spring day---
out on a lake my shadow
wears a baseball cap

#rateology 101

to get rid of a rat
encourage
that rat to come out

#Hegel, Marx, and History

history is the
solving of great
human contradictions

#in the age of globalization

a human is a collection
of zeros and ones---
like this

#John Paul II 1920-2005

heavy rain in New York---
all day
tears of millions remember him

#flash flooding

more flash flooding here---
I look up the forecast
for Riyadh

#reductio ad absurdum

have you heard the reductionist
talk?
he forgets when you ask:"why?"

#lost love

a lost love is missed
on a cloudy day
at sunset

#review of complex numbers

life is
a complex number:
with real and imaginary parts

#rush hour

rush hour---
poster of a peeled tangerine
above a tight empty seat

#metal gates

my windows metal gates drawn-
a checkered crow
passes by

#I was wrong

I thought asleep
I said yes to her-
but I was wrong

#wrinkle

sunset---
clouds wrinkle
as they dress the sun

#an urban haiku

vibrations of subway trains
tickle
parked cars alarms

#mother

the bird went looking for mother-
last time they met
she was so lonely

#flooding

after the flooding of last night
the sky still cloudy-
no bird sings

#back to Earth

a huge tunnel made of light
dragged the bird
back to Earth

#old sponge

then the bird flew
landed on the moon
had a bite, then said: old sponge

#bird

a cute bird
stood on my shoulder
and sang a sweet lie

#Easter sky

grey Easter sky---
a chorus of birds sing
from thorny branches

#Easter morning

Easter morning---
behind the bushes
flashes of white fur