#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