#sunset

sunset---
a woman wearing
the burka passes by

#preacher

Sunday morning---
the preacher doesn't
talk elections

#class

upper class gym---
there's* more
women than men

* http://tinyurl.com/32s8pt

#blue

blue sky---
nothing left
of last night macaroons

#sunset

the sound of laughter
on the beach---
Spring sunset

#chill

late March chill---
her naked legs
suddenly part

#who

overcast skies---
who needs
all that progeny

#chats

morning rush---
man on my left
chats with woman on my right

#mushroom

late March warmth---
cloud shaped like
a mushroom head

#crowd

morning rush pale faces---
no Spring break
for this crowd

#shop

pluming and heating shop---
a bombshell passes
sunny March

#dawn

dawn---
the blandness
of an egg whites omelet

#tracks

seagull crosses to wrong
side of tracks---
an elections year

#lights

early morning---
the witch's lights
are still on

#Parade

Easter Parade---
the only time you see
fruits on Fifth Avenue

#blue

blue sky---
the sprinklers are not working
late March

#sour

candy store---/
I buy sour jelly beans/
Spring cold wind

#games

empty subway---
I think of last year Mets games
Spring

#blue

blue sky---
a nun looks down
Good Friday morning

#moon

full moon---
the barmaid kisses me
on the cheek

#day

Spring first day---
she wears
no bra

#wind

strong March wind---
my neighbor
coughs louder

#hear

in order to form
a more perfect union---
let's hear* one another

* http://tinyurl.com/yojote

#home

March showers---
I stay
home

#sunset

sunset---
not enough money
to buy a pizza slice

#sings

morning stillness---
a garbage truck
sings

#green

people wear green
for St. Pat Day---
naked trees

#blue

blue sky---
daisies
blossom

#sunset

sunset---clouds move in
I watch
a Grace Kelly movie

#Madness

March Madness*---
I keep watching
the golf channel

* http://tinyurl.com/3a2hmh

#St.

St. Patrick's Day---
the man at the door
cards me

#buds

lilac buds behind
iron bars fence---
it starts to rain

#Spring

Spring nears---
street gang threaten another
in a cheap diner

#Cab

overcast day---
an old Checker Cab*
passes by

* http://tinyurl.com/yo7mna


#hands

early Spring narrow street
lined with bare trees---
we hold hands

#moon

the barmaid is out
of lemon wedges---
a half moon

#blind

it's time the blind*
lead the seeing---
Elliot Spitzer resigns

* http://tinyurl.com/33nc2c

#moon

the barmaid smiles
at my joke---
waxing crescent

#blue

blue sky---
a white poodle
sleeps at my feet

#9

watch out for
all that spit flying around---
Client 9 uncovered*

* http://tinyurl.com/2fprc6

#moon

my second time---
barmaid remembers my drink
crescent moon

#run

brisk March---
PE class runs the tracks
as I wait my bus

#moon

the barmaid raises
her eyebrow as I enter---
crescent moon

#figure

today's crossword too hard---
I try figure
who's she calling

#jeans

grey patches of clouds---
I try to fit in my old
hippie jeans

#checkers

no one wants to play checkers---
I watch
a Charlie Chaplin movie

#quiet

morning fog---
my difficult neighbor
is very quiet

#time

a meter maid asks me
what time is it---
day light saving time starts

#blue

blue sky---
the kitchen sink
is clogged again

#enough

Starbucks---
work coffee breaks long enough
to ask for her phone number

#Decision

Dred Scott Decision Day*----
but this year
he is running for president

*On March 6, 1857, in its Dred

Scott decision, the Supreme Court

held that Scott, a slave, could not

sue for his freedom in a federal

court.

#white

morning strands
of white clouds---
she redyes her hair

#turtle

March coldness---
the playground grand turtle
raises its head

#shirt

March showers---
she swooshes my shirt
with her clinking clunker

#sunset

fog at sunset---
I ask for a second
Martini olive

#dawn

dawn---
I broke the bottle
of the orange juice

#warm

warm March evening rush---
the smell of dirty hair
and stale perfume

#stop

bus stop---she smokes
with one hand and shakes
at him the other's finger

#cap

March bright day---
I adjust
my Yankees cap

#hand

morning stillness---
my neighbor's hand
waves hello

#boy

boy pushes a load
of water melons---
February is over

#blue

Maya* blue sky---
I sacrifice
a dozen Blue Points

* http://tinyurl.com/yukkvy

#pauses

morning drizzle---
my window is scribbled
with pauses

#girls

sunny--- teen girls pass me
and giggle
almost Spring

#train

waiting for my train---
shadows of birds
travel the rails

#green

end of February---
too green strawberries
on sale

#blue

blue sky---
I ask her
that we hold hands

#stare

miniskirt--- her walk
makes it hard not to stare
almost Spring

#sunset

fog at sunset---
I view
a film noir

#exam

at Starbucks---
he grades
her exam

#Park

Madison Square Park---
couple dance tango
then pass the hat

#coat

park---
man in trench coat pretends
pissing in snow

#feather

February---
after snow stopped
a white feather falls