#Venus

July Fourth fireworks start----
Venus is over
the skyline

#sale

Independence Day---
an unemployed man has
a garage sale

#off

July Fourth---
an illegal immigrant
has the day off

#night

Saturday night beach party---
clothes are optional
but there are no lights

#moon

the bus driver acts
absent minded---
a July day moon

#sunset

Summer sunset---
she puts lilacs
in her charcoal colored hair

#has

cool July morning---
the mailman has
the hiccups

#is

W. S. Merwin is
the new poet laureate---
Om

#hair

Elena Kagan
confirmation hearing---
she has her done

#blue

blue sky---
I need to clean
my windows

#sunset

June sunset---
she puts her navel
in my face

#fans

morning---
I watch pigeons shake their wings
like fans in the hot humid air

#proof

the proof of the pudding---
Elena Kagan confirmation hearing
starts

#flute

Summer hot day---
the sound of some one
playing the flute

#moves

the World Cup---
UK loses to Germany
Churchill moves in his grave

#fog

morning fog---
Citibank building loses
the other half of its top

#or

Lawrence of Arabia---
or is it
Stanley o Afghanistan

#night

West Village Saturday night---
the skirts are short the legs young
and I'm old

#wars

wars---
because they are easy to start
they are very common

#our

our genome---
the difference between you and I
is two percent

#blue

blue sky---
a June bride poses
alone

#moon

full moon---
a man looks up when
he is pissing

#River

East River Summer dusk---
they all leave
except the swans

#victory

Afghanistan---
no one uses the word
victory any more

#general

general McChrystal---
or is it
MacArthur

#blue

blue sky---
an octopus runs out
of ink

#sunset

June sunset---
she asks me to taste
her bloody mary

#full

Summer solstice---
the bar is full
of procrastinators

#yellow

World Cup
Brazil wins---
in team shirts fans hail a cab

#pa

Father's Day---
a beggar says to me
thanks pa

#River

East River---
an oil tanker passes
shut tight

#morning

June nice morning---
my neighbor works in her garden
without a bra

#night

Summer late night---
the sound of
giggling from the roof

#blue

blue sky---
a florist has
white daisies on sale