#loses

US Open---
Federer
loses

#plays

U of C plays
Ohio State---
Ares takes notes

#down

the US Open---
Serena Williams
melts down

#blue

blue sky---
I dig out a beer mug
from the frig

#fog

evening fog---
a cigar bar
keeps its door open

#teacher

September early morning---
a teacher writes
on the board her name

#skips

rainy day---
a female impersonator
skips the make up

#silence

September Eleven morning
in a coffee shop---
the silence

#speech

Obama's health care speech
to Congress---
there's still cotton in some ears

#lost

the US Open---
Oudin lost
there is still next year

#beach

morning clouds
oyster fishermen unload---
a rocky beach

#stand

summer street roses stand---
a man asks
for daffodils

#snail

back to work
after Labor Day---
I pass a snail

#more

at the US Open---
Oudin does it
one more time

#horse

a carriage horse
has the day off---
happy Labor Day