#sale

downtown---
plastic Fall leaves on sale
as I step on real ones

#soup

an SUV stops
to refuel---
GM on the soup line

#storm

haunting October rain storm---
she reads
her horoscope

#harvest

Illinois plays Wisconsin
football---
corn harvest is over

#day

the recession---
a day laborer
takes off his shoes

#moon

late October
restlessness---
crescent moon

#moon

October night---
who cares how stocks did
crescent moon

#blue

blue sky---
the grey cat
is hiding

#salad

at McDonald's---
I remember Paul Newman
from his salad dressing

#blond

late October wind---
her blond hair flies
along with the leaves

#leaf

October cold gusts---
green leaf blown
under my door

#cold

cold morning---
the bus has no heat
she knits a sweater

#sunset

East River Autumn sunset---
a swan
dips

#cat

black cat tries to
open a garbage bag---
moonless night

#diner

Sunday diner---
the after church crowd
are too loud

#pool

late October---
an empty
swimming pool

#coffee

Saturday night---
two smiling cops come
into a dinner for coffee

#train

Saturday morning train---
the sound of someone
brushing their hair

#close

close to Halloween---
the scarecrows are not
scary any more

#blue

blue sky---
one more form to fill
to take the flu shot

#sunset

October sunset---
a surfer
keeps on trying

#algae

East River black rocks---
algae flourishes
among garbage

#play

October park---
I watch school girls
play socker

#moon

where are my slippers---
a harvest moon
stares

#close

close to the elections---
will Hilary
beat Palin

#moon

dawn---she parked on
wrong side of the street
setting full moon

#thinks

Columbus Day---
someone here thinks
he's in Amsterdam

#crisis

banks crisis deepens---
a brief case left
on the steps of a church

#fall

Autumn courtyard---
as leaves fall
algae grows

#bad

Saturday night---
the comedy is so bad
I write a haiku

#moon

the recession---
it's time
to colonize the moon

#blue

blue sky---
the seagulls are busy
feeding

#smell

clear October night---
the smell
of cinnamon

#squirrel

warm Autumn day---
a squirrel wants to know
what I am reading

#moon

very dry night---
a half moon
hardly moving

#sunrise

sunrise---
a nun's car
broke down

#bad

bad day ends---
the barmaid says
she missed me

#work

the recession---
cheaper to drive to work
but work harder to find

#cigar

cigar bar---
customer complains
draft from open window

#blue

blue sky---
no liquidity
at the banks

#sale

more economic woes---
Champaign
on sale

#seagulls

October dawn---
seagulls wait
for the fish boats

#people

Autumn Sunday weather was good---
people
look exhausted

#cat

morning Yoga---
the cat and I
stare at each other

#night

October Saturday night---
alone I listen
to boleros

#fly

cold October---
a fly follows me
to the kitchen

#sunset

October sunset---
waiting for her
to finish cooking

#cold

cold October wind---
I wear my
baseball jacket

#debate

vice presidential debate---
can she play Pygmalion
or can't she

#blue

blue sky---
no one accepting
commercial paper

#fly

Japanese restaurant---
a fly
does not like me

#dawn

late September dawn---
I hear
crickets

#sweets

Ramadan ends---
my neighbor offers me
sweets for breakfast

#Park

Madison Square Park---
why are bankers
looking down

#lost

Mets last game
at Shea Stadium---
lost