#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