#tax

Greek diner---
there is no recession here
only income tax

#blue

blue sky---
I finish last night
Cabernet

#gym

the gym
is crowded---
Valentine's Day

#kiss

recession blues---
it's the kiss that counts
on Valentine's Day

#blue

blue sky---
but is it
true

#dress

Friday the thirteenth---
I buy her a black dress
for Valentine's Day

#Lincoln

President Obama
gives a speech---
Lincoln is two hundred

#Darwin

a cockroach climbs the wall---
Charles Darwin is today
two hundred

#streaks

warm February day---
on Coney Island
an old man streaks

#tax

the recession---
long lines to file for
income tax early

#night

lonely night---
I call the automated
telephone operator

#stand

at a news stand---
a kid asks
what is A-Rod

#blue

blue sky---
a soldier returns
from Iraq

#River

kids chase the ducks away---
calm East River
Winter waters