Monday, November 01, 2010

#Night

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