#moon

moon above the skyline---
a lonely man looks through
a telescope

#sunset

clouds at sunset---
they go indoors and drink
Tequila Sunrise

#sweat

mid June---
the smell of antiperspirant
makes me sweat

#moon

crescent moon over the skyline
her fluorescent eyeshadow
winks at me

#speech

Obama's oil spill speech---
I switch back to the
the world cup

#needs

World Cup vuvuzelas---
with them on the field
who needs phallic symbols

#sunset

sunset---
an ice cream vendor forgets
to put a cherry on top

#fog

evening fog---
I pretend not
to see her

#clouds

morning clouds---
the out house is out
of tissue paper

#night

Saturday night bar---
men watch the World Cup game
women mope

#River

East River nice day---
students in prom dress
have their pictures taken

#starts

World Cup soccer starts---
the kids who play in the street
don't show up

#stories

a gym men room---
some of the conquest stories
are reverse seductions

#foods

Gaza---
Israel allows foods in
which previously were banned

#haze

morning haze---
no one wears
a swim suit

#fog

evening thick fog---
a black cat doesn't seem
to mind

#ex

June swings from warm to cold---
I recall my ex
mother in law

#how

how to stop the oil spill---
a kid says
just turn off the TV

#birds

June cold spell---
a beachcomber watches
real birds

#bar

Dark bar---
old man younger woman
and a condom machine

#blue

blue sky---
cool breeze as she passes me
in hot shorts

#beach

June beach cold front---
a red head gets
goosebumps

#sunrise

Sunday sunrise---
no dog
walkers

#hot

Astoria hot day---
a gyros spit
drips fat

#pelicans

after pelicans were
saved from extinction---
the oil spell threatens them

#food

food deserts---
markets where all you can buy
will make you fat

#solar

solar energy farm---
the smell of exhaust fumes
from cars passing by

#class

math class---
the board is full but
no eraser

#haze

morning haze---
behind a column of smoke
more smoke

#River

East River June---
a rock shaped like
a woman doing her wash

#walk

afternoon walk---
the buzz of air conditioners
and flies

#blue

blue sky---
shirtless
a man rides his bicycle

#liberty

the liberty flotilla---
'cause Gaza is
a concentration camp

#shuffle

morning after
a long weekend---
kids shuffle to school

#drone

Memorial Day---
a drone over Afghanistan
fires

#high

the High Line---
New York roof is not
very high

#River

Moonless night---
the East River lights
make her want to kiss

#blue

blue sky---
the beach is full
of string bikinis

#sharks

the beaches open---
the only real sharks
are on the boardwalk

#to

the French Open---
Roddick loses
to a qualifier

#oil

Louisiana Gulf shore---
a dead sea turtle is
covered with oil

#shop

a barber shop---
a man wants to know
what "cuckold" means

#clouds

morning clouds---
a cigar bar has
its doors wide open

#pelicans

Louisiana---
pelicans can not fly
when covered with oil

#hot

hot in the park men in shorts
women in bikinis---
birds in feathers

#sunset

end of May sunset---
I have had enough
equivocations

#youth

passing through Queens melting pots---
I have flashbacks
of my youth

#blue

blue sky---
a yogi does
Karnapidasana

#May

May---
I watch ice hockey
as she sunbathes on the roof

#sins

the sins of the rich---
BP is
wiling to pay

#fog

Sunday morning fog---
she has a second
hair of the dog

#night

Saturday night---
the woman next to me says
she is a man

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black cat has not had
her fill

#swing

listening to forties swing---
when my parents
conceived me

#River

East River green waters---
no BP to spill anything
over here

#end

Queens Boulevard---
at each end
a cemetery

#exile

the Rolling Stones return
from exile---they release
an old album

#fog

evening fog---
I step out of a strippers bar
to get some fresh air

#fog

morning fog---
a beggar pleads
with both palms