#Mars

our spacecraft landed on Mars---
when will the Martians
send real one to us

#leave

Memorial Day---
waiting for George Bush
to leave office

#tide

low tide---
she's on seaweed
diet

#sunrise

sunrise---
a fisherman
whistles

#eat

Saturday night---
after long wait in line
we have to eat with chopsticks

#fight

having a fight---
she tells me
stop acting like Sarkozy*

* http://tinyurl.com/3up89d

#blue

blue sky---
walking bare foot
the beeches open

#salad

almost Summer---
she cleans her closet
I order a Thai salad

#moon

full moon at dawn---
a swaying drunk
looks up and smiles

#tough

tough bar---
she just returned
from Iraq

#runs

sudden Spring showers---
her mascara
runs

#know

lower East Side bar---
he pretends
to know soccer

#blue

blue sky---
a new tar roof
glows

#turtle

heavy rain---
a turtle is having
a drink

#sunrise

sunrise---
the cat
comes home

#sunset

the wind lifts her skirt
she blushes---
Spring sunset

#Big

Big Brown---
a horse that can win back
our being in the black

#play

Mets play Yankees---
who wins
does matter

#fat

outside McDonald's---
a fat boy asks me
for a quarter

#fly

hot Spring sun follows/
drenching day---/
a fly flies

#blue

blue sky---
but she does not
smile

#know

at the gym---
she wants to know
who I think I am

#soap

more Spring showers---
a man hands out
free soap samples

#wears

beautiful Spring day---
the barmaid wears
a kimono

#dawn

dawn---
creeping dark clouds
erase it

#skirt

Fifth Avenue---
a man wears a skirt
many women wear pants

#blue

blue sky---
an ocean liner
departs

#lizard

finally a warm May day---
I stare back
at a lizard

#pet

morning after the storm---
I pet
the lilacs

#dance

one more dance---
she holds me
tight

#truck

wind swept cold rain---
truck makes stops
to deliver bottled water

#mothers

Mother's Day---
restaurants crowded
but who are mothers

#pond

on a pond
one of her chicks lags behind---
Mother's Day

#blue

blue sky---
the chatterbox
is silent

#night

Spring Saturday night---
a young man whistles
"Yankee Doodle"*

* http://tinyurl.com/skd9q

#storm

Spring rain storm---
the roof of the shower
leaks

#where's

Friday night at the gym---
she asks me
where's the bathroom

#juice

she swings her bare leg
as I talk to her---
juice bar

#sunset

hearing the call for prayer
as I pass a mosque---
Spring sunset

#ducks

Hudson River Park---/
ducks feed/
I order fish

#tee

trees dressed to a tee
girls undressed to a leaf---
Spring heats up

#tattoos

Spring warms up---
tattoos
not just on the arms


#sunset

May sunset---
I forgot to send
my old lady flowers

#cool

cool lounge---/
she sings in French/
with Spanish accent

#blue

blue sky---
I can't stand
the smell of ouzo

#playground

May playground---
girls on the swings laugh
at boys on the slide

#fugu

poison-free fugu*/
safe to eat its liver/
but don't eat its liver

* http://tinyurl.com/6nepqz

#pants

next to police precinct---
she waters her garden
and my pants

#drops

chilly May morning---
dew drops on the door
of the outhouse*

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outhouse

#night

Saturday night---
she said it's hot here
no more words spoken

#fog

morning fog---
I take off
my eyeglasses

#pool

Friday night---
a church organist
plays pool

#tears

early morning---
the lilacs survived
last night tears

#fifth

Starbucks---
she stands in fifth*
to wait for her drink

*Ballet position of the feet

#moon

dawn---
under crescent moon
a black bird sings

#balls

Spring waxes---
little girl plays soccer
with tennis balls

#blue

blue sky---
the white tulips
perk

#wind

six-fifteen---
playing softball
against the cold wind

#roof

waiting for
dark clouds to clear---
seagulls on a roof pace

#espresso

heavy Spring rain---
a friend spiced
my espresso

#cat

stormy Spring---
the cat hides
under my chair