#tart

outside Bloomingdales
a tart in red---
Jingle Bell

#parrot

morning stillness---
a towel covers
the parrot cage

#squirrel

the trees are bare---
a squirrel
climbs up my shoulder

#holidays

viewing holidays
decorations---
sun rays on my pen

#taxi

a woman stole
our designated driver---
taxi!

#Black

Black Friday---
so many turkeys
at the sales

#Setter

rainy Thanksgiving Day---
a Bostonian
walks his Irish Setter

#Thanksgiving

a dog patiently
waits for his plate---
Thanksgiving Day

#olives

a bartender
needs more olives---
the bridge lights turn on

#Mouse

brisk morning---
Mickey Mouse
floats by

#sunset

a hare sinks further
in a bed of leaves---
late Autumn sunset

#grey

grey morning---
I check out a new
tanning salon

#buy

strings of lights
on bare trees---
and buy this!

#hoofs

Fifth Avenue station---
the sound of hoofs
on the pavement

#Jacuzzi

in a Jacuzzi
a ticklish man
keeps yelling stop

#seashell

mid November---
a seashell
in the back of a drawer

#bell

Saturday night traffic---
a cyclist
rings his bell

#hair

a middle-aged man
blow-dries his hair---
late Autumn trees

#sunset

Autumn sunset---
a birthday balloon
rises

#turkey

Thanksgiving---
I will invite
a turkey to dinner

#lipstick

morning rush---
a blonde
with no lipstick

#dark

dark night---
a cat stretches
before going out

#artist

morning haze---
a street artist
paints the skyline

#anchovies

drizzly night---
I pick the anchovies
from my side of the pizza

#sunrise

sunrise---
the glass of a tower
facing east

#cigar

a haggard old man
smokes a cigar---
late Autumn leaves

#shoes

morning rush---
abandoned old shoes
at the last stop

#song

morning stillness---
a deaf man listens
to the song of a bird

#prima

broken glass---
a prima donna
goes back to work

#game

the football game ends---
heavy rain makes
the loss heavier

#haze

morning haze---
so many sparrows
where the leaves used to be

#global

on a bed of sapped leaves
a beauty sunbathes---
global warming

#Veterans

Veterans Day---
the children of Vietnam
are now of Iraq

#grocer

a new grocer opens---
the flies still go
to the old one

#end

end of the line---
a blind violinist
counts his change

#green

warm day---
a green leaf in the midst
of yellow ones

#sticks

he is tall and skinny
the other short and chubby---
so are their sticks

#church

Autumn storm---
multicolored leaves
carpet a church driveway

#Superman

the day after---
no one cast a vote
for Superman

#poisson

coffee, cigarettes, beer---
and Windex to clean
after all that poison

#moon

perched on a tree
still can't see the forest
from the trees---full moon

#sunset

cold wind at sunset---
I drink the last
drop of Chablis

#skyline

pudgy seagulls
perched on the shore rocks---
Manhattan skyline

#house

On the road---
I pass a tree house
while riding in a mobile home

#moon

harvest moon sets---
a baker goes
to work

#bar

Saturday night---
moon light shines
on an empty bar

#air

he vacuums the lawn
from the dead leaves
who vacuumed Summer air

#moon

full moon behind clouds---
she slips out
of her white satin gown

#rat

morning rush---
a subway rat
walks to work

#moon

I take a bite
off a little green apple---
the moon

#more

sunny day---
shoveling dead leaves,
for more callouses

#lanterns

lanterns in the park
blink---
an ocean of yellow leaves

#Zoo

warm Autumn day---
Central Park Zoo
full of human smell

#Halloween

Halloween party---
a scarecrow
did not need make-up


#sunrise

Autumn sunrise---
a witch
undresses

#goblin

hot sun
and cold wind---
a goblin torture

#witch's

early morning---
sun rays strike
a little girl witch's hat