#Eleven
Nine Eleven---
two light beams replace the twin towers
and crescent moon
#nine
nine years after Nine-Eleven---
making Islam
the scapegoat
#apples
apples dipped in honey---
Rosh Hashanah
starts
#sunset
low clouds at sunset---
a pipe smoker
passes me by
#blue
blue sky---
an advocate for burning the Koran
changes his mind
#River
East River night
cool September wind---
lovers stay in their cars
#school
early September---
a little girl cries
as she walks to school
#sunset
sunset---
as the train starts
to enter the tunnel
#blue
blue sky---
the smell of
burning paper
#tree
sign on a tree---
help wanted
check inside
#more
school starts
beaches close---
and the ice cream truck is gone
#sunset
Labor Day sunset---
a traffic jam extends
for miles
#sale
Labor Day---
customers line up at a store
having a sale
#break
intermission---
an actor goes out the back door
for a smoke
#cold
cold beach day---
the volleyball women players
wear gym clothes
#open
Astoria, Queens---
across a church a mosque
both with doors open
#blue
blue sky---
a chatterbox has no one
to talk to
#sunset
sunset---
through a crack of the clouds
of hurricane Earl
#here
Earl---
it takes a hurricane
to remind us it's now September
#faults
the US Open---
Roddick's foot faults
and also his tongue
#peace
White House Mideast peace conference---
this time we all have
our fingers crossed
#blood
flea market shopping---
you may have to pay in blood
the bedbugs scare
#sunset
Summer sunset---
she ties her bikini top
before she gets up
#silence
Summer barber shop---
sudden silence
as a blonde bombshell comes in
#empty
blue sky
and empty sidewalks---
August ends
#camp
the army boot camp
is now Pilates and Yoga---
just like dancers
#raccoon
wildlife in the big city---
a raccoon scratches at her door
at midnight
#ends
I find an empty envelope
in my mail box---
August ends
#blue
blue sky---
I clean
my attic
#men
Chile trapped miners---
they are all
men
#moon
August picnic---
low carb foods
and a day moon
#sparrow
one two and jump
one two and jump---
a sparrow tango
#blue
blue sky---
as if kissing lovers
need an excuse
#sunset
August sunset---
the cat views
a butterfly
#tree
August morning---
the new graffiti looks
like a Christmas tree
#rain
for days August rains---
as the sun comes out
an old man takes off his shirt
#blue
blue sky---
just for the display
of a day moon
#gloom
August gloom---
a cop smiles
while writing a ticket
#rain
August heavy rain---
a beer truck sprays me
with secondhand water
#hunger
scenes of Pakistan floods---
the hunger
of kids
#cold
cold in August---
a kid in the pool says
it's global warming
#sunset
overcast August day---
At sunset I go
to play tennis
#waters
Pakistan floods---
diseases spread
from unclean waters
#cat
evening fog---
the cat wants
to go out
#foods
Pakistan floods---
all their foods
have been washed away
#fog
Sunday morning fog---
there is no one
on the street
#talk
Saturday night local pub---
all talk about
the economy
#floods
Pakistan floods---
is it
global warming
#jasmine
late August garbage bags---
a jasmine tree
near by
#play
August boredom---
older girls play
hopscotch
#gypsies
liberté, égalité, fraternité---
France expels
its gypsies
#blue
blue sky---
Odysseus stares
into the abyss
#sunset
August sunset---
a water melon vendor says
last chance
#leaf
Summer starts to wane---
A dead leaf falls
on my head
#River
East River August stillness---
A goalie kicks the ball
to the water
#enemy
mosque at Ground Zero---
Islam is not the enemy
hate is
#shower
caught in an August shower---
I stop at
a suntan salon
#clouds
August beach dark clouds---
a homeless man
does a rain dance
