#up

May warms up---
the door of a sweat shop
remains open

#moon

crescent moon
above the skyline---
both the Yankees and the Mets lose

#playground

the street is their playground---
two kids fight over
who shot the other first

#blue

blue sky---
giant oil plumes deep in
the Gulf of Mexico

#night

Saturday night---
I tell her skip the desert
and let's go home

#butterfly

May waxes---
a butterfly lands
on a garbage truck

#sunset

sunset---
a bald man
blocks my view

#cars

First Avenue---
Obama passes by
in two separate cars

#River

Hudson River Park
nice Spring day---
no one takes off his shirt

#food

Whole Foods cafeteria---
rich people eat
poor people food

#cat

misty night---
a black and yellow cat
pauses

#fog

afternoon fog---
a dog follows
me around

#drizzle

May drizzle---
a couple have
a fight

#rush

morning rush---
the man next to me reads
yesterday's newspaper

#Park

cold wind dark clouds---
black birds take over
the Park

#walk

Astoria walk---
end of thirty eight street
a Steinway plant

#girls

Spring---
the girls lacrosse team practice
no touching

#blue

blue sky---
a white carriage horse
waits for a ride

#couple

Mothers Day in a diner---
a young couple
talk relationships

#Day

Mothers Day---
I go to the park
looking for bird nests

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
as I wait for her
not to show up

#bun

rainy morning---
she has her blond hair
up in a bun

#blue

blue sky---
the sun shines on
an ocean oil spill

#River

East River Spring---
the foul smell of water
followed by freshly cut grass

#haze

morning haze---
my GPS devise
makes a mistake

#dust

May nice day---
I throw a dust ball out the window
it moves up

#eats

Cinco de Mayo---
an Arizona Anglo
eats a burrito

#world

Times Square---
right now it's the safest
place in the world

#blue

blue sky---
a woman wearing a burka
looks up

#wave

May heat wave---
Upper East side legs
age further

#sunset

May sunset---
a fly tries
to be noticed

#River

East River warm May---
I make
a mint julep

#cars

Times Square car bomb---
don't allow cars
to park in there

#winner

Kentucky Derby winner
is Super Saver---
that pays the airfare

#flower

May Day---
a pagan worships
a flower

#night

Friday night---
I ask her if
she has a Twitter account

#birds

Gulf oil spill reaches
the wet lands---
bird songs black out

#sunrise

sunrise---
a yogi faces
the wrong direction

#omen

Venus alone above the skyline---
my cab driver says
bad omen

#man

windy April---
a homeless man wraps himself
in cellophane

#casino

Wall Street---
Congress investigates
if Goldman Sachs is a casino

#stop

it rains all day---
I go take
a sauna

#rain

as I wait in a bar
for the rain to stop---
I get drunk

#fog

evening fog---
a funeral procession
drives slowly

#walk

nice Spring day---
a walk along the Brooklyn-Queens shore line
depresses me

#night

late Friday night
in a bar---
the aspirin is for free

#crisis

the catholic church crisis---
the light
at the end of the tunnel

#blue

blue sky---
there is no loophole
to quit work early

#man

sudden April showers---
a man stands under
a canopy that leaks

#sign

dangerous intersection---
always fresh flowers
on one way sign pole

#up

the Polanski Bridge---
don't look down
up a lots of sky

#closer

April Twenty First---
getting one day closer
to the Summer

#dirt

Earth Day---
a spider web catches
my dirt

#moon

crescent moon over the skyline---
the only light
that is green

#sunset

sunset---
a volcano is
jealous

#Park

Madison Square Park---
a new statue
naked man with penis uncut

#River

East River cold gusts---
cherry blossoms petals
hang in there

#night

Spring cold Saturday night---
lovers in bed
stay warm