#stare

the mayor look alike---
I pretend
to stare

#Park

Madison Square Park
the dollar is down---
holiday lights made of gold

#blue

Beijing morning---
is the sky
officially blue*?

*http://tinyurl.com/2fwrqn

#spider

a spider going up
reaches the ceiling---
end of the year

#blue

blue sky---
nothing left
of Christmas day dumplings

#bananas

Colombian lunch---
potatoes
are bananas

#fog

dense fog---
a smoke column
struggles to be seen

#dawn

dawn---
too many holidays lights
to see it coming

#gym

Winter holidays---
two little girls jump rope
in a boxing gym

#sun

overcast day
after Christmas---
I wear my new sun shades

#sale

Christmas day---
a Chinese store
has a sale on Christmas cards

#Christmas

Christmas morning---
a blind man and his dog
wait to cross the street

#moon

her blond hair
glows in the dark---
full moon

#blue

blue sky---
Santa
takes a nap

#nuts

Christmas shopping---
they are out
of macadamia nuts

#Park

Madison Square Park Winter---
the only stars to view
are dogs

#skin

December Saturday night---
the only bared skin
is the lower back

#solstice

Winter solstice---
her fire kept me awake
all night

#wind

strong wind---
a seller of Christmas trees
ties them up

#hair

a hair dresser---
snow-woman
has no hair

#tree

New York City
Christmas tree---
size does matter

#stillness

morning stillness---
the snowman
keeps on watching

#drizzle

December drizzle---
the snowman
is water proof

#moon

our snowman
lost his mouth piece---
a half moon

#songs

Thai restaurant---
Christmas songs
only in the kitchen

#blue

December blue sky---
all the white tinsel
is on Christmas trees


#sunset

sunset viewing
from a heated parked car---
it's a hybrid

#cat

bitter cold morning---
I share my bed
with the cat

#wind

strong wind---
an inflatable Santa
decides to fly back north

#shampoo

it's snowing again---
I need
dandruff shampoo

#skirt

mid December train ride---
her skirt rises
as she dozes

#Fifth

December Fifth Avenue---
I eat a croissant
outside Tiffany

#moon

December New York---
above all that neon
crescent moon

#rat

December rush hour---
a rat
on steroids

#rice

winter flexes its wrath---
I stand close
to the rice steamer

#storm

walking in first snow storm---
no one
in a hurry

#sunset

December sunset redness---
she wears
green

#fog

morning fog---
the graffiti
looks subtle

#hamburgers

the smell of cooking
hamburgers---
I keep eating my tuna salad

#day

gloomy day---
the Christmas lights
shine brighter

#gunman

once more
this holidays season---
gunman shoots in a crowd

#tree

rainy day---
the City Christmas tree
gets watered

#woman

a children bookstore---
Santa Claus
is a woman

#work

December Sunday
six AM---
my neighbor goes to work

#Park

Madison Square Park---
so many/
Christmas trees

#lights

morning stillness---
the cat watches
the Christmas lights

#snow

December snow flurries---
I go check
if they are real

#windows

morning fog---
I need to clean
my windows

#Cube

at Starbucks---
a kid asks me
if I can solve Rubik's Cube

#dawn

dawn---
a polar bear
is still sleeping

#bag

December train ride---
she grasps her bag tight
every time the doors open

#present

buying her a present---
the clerk asks me
what is she like

#red

cold day---
Santa Claus face
is more red than usual

#smoke

early morning---
can't tell the rising smoke
from the rain clouds

#wind

wind lifts Autumn leaves
in the air---the pigeons
mind their business

#traffic

December jollies---
stuck in traffic
in Times Square

#green

going green---
not getting
a Christmas tree

#snow

first snow---
the doorman
is irritated

#pigeon

cold windy day---
a pigeon perched
on my air conditioner

#blue

blue sky---
who needs
her deep eyes

#dust

cleaning my desk---
I find November dust
on my diary

#party

morning stillness---
sweeping away the ashes
of last night party

#alpaca

she says lighten up---
I wear my
alpaca sweater

#debate

want to be presidents
debate---no torture
but may be torture

#lesson

geometry lesson---
day moon
next to a contrail

#blue

blue sky---
Santa Claus is living
on a boat in the North Pole

#bicycle

many say there will be
a recession---
I buy a bicycle

#Santa

kids wait their turns
at the mall---
Santa is programmable

#gloom

November gloom---
I peel
guava fruits

#snail

Monday morning rain---
a snail
drags its feet