Halloween Night on Sunday---
pagans don't
go to church
#blue
dawn blue sky---
a man takes his black dog
out for a walk
#night
October Saturday night---
goose bumps
and hot lumps
#heat
the landlord turns on the heat---
October
ends
#cat
October sunrise---
a cat returns
with blood on it's claws
#deeper
the labyrinth deepens---
Vargas Llosa teaches Borges
at Princeton
#rush
Friday evening rush---
standing in line
to buy a drink
#skull
October---
a man comes out of a drug store
carrying a skull
#cattle
I visit a cattle ranch---
just like us they live well
but die young
#change
Obama on the Daily Show---
we still need
to change
#blue
blue sky---
a whale
surfaces
#wind
October wind storm---
a witch walks
home
#fog
morning fog---
a graffiti artist is
busy at work
#Park
Astoria Park Autumn leaves---
a beige poodle chases
a squirrel
#blue
blue sky---
an East River sidewalk angler
catches a Striped Bass
#night
Indian Summer night---
she does not want
to socialize
#day
Indian Summer day---
a heating oil truck
breaks down
#man
Monday morning---
an unemployed man watches
people going to work
#night
Saturday night---
a man carrying a rose
knocks on the wrong door
#Wikileaks
Wikileaks---
contractors kill Iraqis
Iraqis kill more Iraqis
#River
East River bridge---
whistling wind above
whirling water
#phobias
phobias---
Muslim man on an airplane
a black man on a dark street
#moon
I turn off the pumpkin lights---
a predawn
harvest moon
#dead
October cemetery---
all the dead are haunting
the grave digger
#blue
blue sky---
the teacher is out
of chalk
#moon
is that why at times it looks blue---
the moon
has water
#fog
October morning fog---
a witch
shrieks
#smoke
Times Square---
the smell of its cigarette smoke
lingers on for ever
#tree
some are faster---
a tree with red leaves
among others still green
#moon
witchcraft---
October day moon changes
to night moon in seconds
#riots
France retirement riots---
too many run too soon
out of gas
#preacher
sex crimes against gay men
in the Bronx---
what does the preacher say
#quiet
East River Autumn quiet---/
a squirrel walks/
on dead leaves
#moon
a witch takes the broom
out of the closet---
October full moon
#nice
Autumn nice Sunday---
a church keeps
its door open
#blue
blue sky---
a kid draws in chalk
on a side walk
#night
Saturday night---
the clicks of high heels
on a dark ally
#War
the War on Horror---
G.I.'s on hashish kill
Afghans for sport
#display
a front yard Halloween display---
the squirrel plays
itself
#wind
as I pass under---
October wind
shakes a tree
#fog
evening fog---
the cars parked on the beach
have their windows fogged out
#gifts
October morning chill---
a kid gifts a scarecrow
a coat
#miners
all the miners safely rescued---
now let's have
some Chilean Cabernet
#miners
miners rescue succeeds---
we are all
Chileans today
#sunset
October sunset---
no one wants
to talk baseball
#storm
October rain storm ends---
ghosts come out
of chimneys
#River
East River nice October day---
a woman in black---
sits on dead grass
#flowers
Astoria---
some one put flowers
at Columbus Triangle
#man
Columbus Day---
a long time jobless man
wishes this were the Indies
# 10/10/10
10/10/10---
many think it's the perfect day
to get married
#scare
October sunny day---
a scarecrow does not scare
even the birds
#night
October Saturday night---
a witch puts a spell
on a satyr
#toxic
Hungary toxic spill---
the Danube
is still waltzing
#River
East River October wind---
spirits dishevel
my hair
#blue
October blue sky---
a witch
complains
#sunset
October sunset---
a vampire
gets excited
#bear
inhumane---
South Carolina does not ban
bear baying
#dancers
nice Autumn day on Broadway---
dancers go out
during their break
#blue
October blue sky---
except for a couple
of cute ghosts
#sunset
October dark clouds at sunset---
I carve
a pumpkin
#movie
Facebook the movie---
he looks better
in real life
#fog
October evening fog---
too many ghosts
out walking
#spell
this October---
all it wants to do is rain
who put a spell on it
#line
Sunday afternoon grocery store---
a long line
at the bakery
#sunrise
October sunrise---
a ghost disappears
behind a garbage bag
#night
Saturday night---
a dolphin dances
for fish tips
#blue
blue sky---
as if yesterday rain storm
never happened
#storm
evening rush---
storm clouds move out
but the puddles are still here
