#elephant

a Bangkok sidewalk cafe---
an elephant*
walks in

* http://tinyurl.com/2x9scx

#stop

a truck stop---
what does your car
want to eat?

#dance

a party---
trying to dance salsa and
speak Spanish at the same time

#sunrise

sunrise---
new graffiti
in black and white

#teach

sunny January day---
I teach a kid
how to draw beach balls

#blue

blue sky---
white lilies stick out
of a garbage bag

#play

the Australian Open---
watching them play
while here it snows

#moon

late night half moon
at the window---
she covers her hair

#first

first date---
she lets him hold
her iPhone

#moon

she offers to read
my Turkish coffee cup---
a half moon

#gym

at the gym---
everyone watches
the financial news

#phones

morning train in a tunnel---
the cool silence
of dead phones

#truck

overcast afternoon---
a garbage truck
wakes me up

#sunrise

sunrise---
her shiny hair
on my face