#follows

January East River---
a contrail
follows it

#moon

a kid kicks
a soldier's helmet---
January half moon

#blue

blue sky---
a seagull
flies alone

#lock

the recession---
my neighbor puts
another lock on his door

#away

January---
getting away from it all
in Times Square

#dawn

dawn---
a Christmas tree
sticks out of the garbage

#moon

I am tired
of her sword play---
crescent moon

#blue

blue sky---
she wears new shoes
on New Year's Day

#snow

snow flurries
on New Year's Eve---
a drunk says Merry Christmas

#bonus

New Year's Eve---
a banker hides his bonus
under his mattress

#moon

so what we are
out of bread---
crescent moon

#plays

Tex-Mex restaurant---
the mariachi band plays
Jingle Bells

#bag

after Christmas---
a bag lady carries a bag
full of empty bags

#pools

the recession---
so many deserted pools*
skateboarders jump in


*http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/2

9/us/29pools.html?th&emc=th