#drunk

Central Park Summer---
the gondolier acts more drunk
than his passengers

#solar

high noon---
the air conditioner
runs on solar

#bride

Central Park Summer---
a bride
next to the water lilies

#jazz

Central Park Summer---
on a tree-roofed path
live cool jazz

#blue

blue sky---
who cares what color
Earth is

#dawn

dawn---
a line waits outside
the dialysis center

#pool

mid Summer---
swimming pool is crowded
she plays footsie

#seagulls

garbage bag busted---
seagulls call
Summer smog

#bank

outside a bank homeless man
holds sign---
they had me foreclosed

#dry

after a Summer dry spell---
the dog drinks
fresh rain water

#train

my train is late---
I watch a cockroach
going home

#sunflowers

bright Summer day---
I dump the wilted
sunflowers

#tree

dead tree cut
into pieces---
July nude beach

#moon

dawn--- trying again
to steal the show
full moon

#wind

Summer wind rushes through branches---
she stops
talking

#blue

blue sky---
she wears her Panama hat
July heat wave

#curse

another day of heat wave---
car exhausts make
cyclist curse

#poet

new poet laureate * ---
she has the same
hair cut as mine

* http://tinyurl.com/6nkr8u

#comes

gay bar---
she comes on
too aggressive

#rat

July heatwave---
a rat goes out
for breakfast

#sunset

July sunset---
Ozone level
too high

#dawn

dawn---
the hens are
all alone

#fast

at Chinese fast food to go
little girl sleeps---
Summer

#friendship

July waterfall---
his friendship * also knew
how to relieve

* remembering a friend who died recently

#flesh

mid July---
égalité
of naked flesh

#dawn

dawn---
a black cat comes out
of the garbage room

#cake

Bastille Day---
they now eat cake
and are too fat

#vine

Summer downpour---
I sit in a vine
covered patio

#maze

renovations---
the maze at
Lincoln Center Plaza

#horse

Central Park hot day---
driver of a carriage
talks to his horse

#tree

a peach bearing tree drops one
over my head---
Summer

#noon

Summer high noon---
the barmaid watches
a cowboy movie

#sunset

Summer sunset---
white with envy
a half moon

#gym

July at the gym---
It's too
cold

#squeaks

Summer playground---
is it Puppy who squeaks
or little girl?

#blue

blue sky---
a good friend died
yesterday

#rice

the price of rice went up
I order sashimi---
saki on the side

#dancer

July early morning sky---
a geisha dancer
still in make up

#fish

at Starbucks---
the smell of fish
July

#power

last month power bill---
I turn off
the air conditioner

#sunset

July sunset---
land too hot
a duck walks on water

#bells

five pm
church bells ring---
Frère Jacques

#smell

crowded Tex-Mex restaurant---
smell of sulfur dioxide
July

#carbon

Tour de France---
no carbon
footprint

#moon

crescent moon---
a July firework
fizzles out

#beach

clothing optional beach---
no one
smiles

#next

July Fourth fireworks---
I stand next to
an Iraqi refugee

#red

suddenly note the red
of Old Glory---
July Fourth

#tight

she wears tight blue jeans
and hijab---
July Fourth

#haze

Summer haze---
my neighbor wears
his turban

#Park

Madison Square Park July---
Blue Grass band plays
little girl dances

#sale

price of food is up---
a grocer has sale
on leftovers containers

#wind

Summer wind---
I turn off
the fan

#theater

hot day---
I take a nap
in a movie theater

#sardines

Summer crowded subway---
the smell
of sardines

#sunrise

sunrise---
heavy dust on my copy
of Paradise Lost