#moon

as I pass her boyfriend's house---
a full moon
Winter's chill

#escape

J.D.Salinger dies---
now he can escape
from trying to escape

#moon

full moon at sunset---
as if this town
needs another show off

#black

Obama's State of the Union---
he lays it
in black and white

#blue

blue sky---
a ghost
unable to hide

#where

Haiti's children---
but where is
mama

#chatter

New York Winter---
the chatter of homeless men
talking to themselves

#salt

Haiti hunger---
she puts salt in the water
to stay alive

#life

life expectancy
for New Yorkers goes up---
must be the no smoking

#fog

morning fog---
my nemesis neighbor
greets me

#fog

morning fog---
the East River
flows backward

#same

Saturday night---
a man and a woman
discuss same sex marriage

#blue

blue sky---
a carriage horse
keeps raising its head

#sunset

as the train passes
graffiti murals---
sunset paints the sky red

#pelican

his mother wants him
to tell the truth---
a pelican stands by

#moon

half moon at dusk---
the pizza man ate
the other half

#moon

I turn off my cell---
crescent moon
over the skyline

#vote

Ted Kennedy seat vote---
it looks like another
Boston tea party

#made

the Australian Open---
insomniacs
got it made

#busy

Martin Luther King Day---
Obama is busy
at work