#V

at a V
shaped by two branches---
a kid aims his sling

#map

memorial day---
a four-year-old boy looks
at Iraq's map

#beaches

beaches open---
the girls of last summer
are in bigger bikinis

#pigeons

the old lady
who feeds the pigeons
sends her daughter

#movie

in line to see
a Tom Hanks movie---
two nuns

#ball

at the station---
a soccer ball stands
at the end of the platform

#afternoon

late spring afternoon---
the sky is full
of cats and dogs

#song

early morning---
the crow doesn't get
the song of the mocking bird

#sunset

sunset---
no one noticed
her antique ruby necklace

#blue

early morning
blue sky---
I wipe my eyeglasses

#garden

she's cooking peas
from her garden---
the dog wags his tail

#chopper

a clear day---
the hum of a chopper
circling above

#hips

on the subway---
a woman next to me
has big hips

#wind

eating ripe strawberries
for breakfast---
gusty wind

#hot

the gypsy woman says:
when it's hot, it's hot
when it's not, it's not