#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