Tuesday, November 01, 2011

1 November 2011

#blue

blue sky---
all the bad vibes pass
November First

#sunset

October sunset---
not all yesterday's snow
melts

#well

there has not been any
for a while---the well
of wiki leaks dries up

#blue

October blue sky---
snow covers
the roofs

#trees

an October snow storm
fells many trees---
with leaves still on

#tents

October snow storm---
Occupy Wall Street members
stay inside their tents

#shower

October afternoon---
a sudden snow shower
of goblins

#cemetery

the cemetery on
an Autumn stormy day---
no one cares

#snow

snow on the way
and it's not even Halloween yet---
spooky

#liberty

will it still light up---
miss liberty to close
for renovation

#birds

October cool---
snow birds book travel
to Florida

#fan

October cools---
I buy a fan
that heats the air

#blue

cold October blue sky---
a barber has a special
on head shaves

#floods

floods in  Bangkok---
and they ask the PM
if she's crying  

#fog

evening fog---
the taller the building
the more it's decapitated

#stormy

a stormy day---
I go into an Irish pub
and have a Guinness 

#wars

civil wars---
they rarely end
after the fighting stops

#far

late October nor'easter---
you can't see far 'cause
too many ghosts


#sunset

October beach sunset---
a red Ferrari
speeds by

#cloudy

cloudy October---
screams heard from a house
as I pass by

#kids

Afghan kids---
when they see GI's
they ask them for pens

#spirit

October contrail at sunset---
a man says that's
a spirit

#new

Qaddafi dead---
Libya's new
beginning 

#blue

October morning blue sky---
all the ghosts gone
hiding

#sunrise

October sunrise---
Venus sets above
the skyline

#River

East River Autumn---
the seagulls skim
the water for fish

#horse

the eaters of horse meat---
they've never been close
to a live horse ever

#witch

last week of October---
a witch prepares
her concoction

#dawn

dawn---
a cat walks back
home

#blue

blue sky---
a yellow cab passes
with its empty trunk open

#sentry

nice October Sunday---
an embassy sentry
goes out of his box

#blue

Sunday blue sky---
as I wait for
a football game to start

#cigar

overcast Sunday morning---
the smell of
cigar smoke

#sunset

Saturday sunset---
a redhead asks me
if I have a light

#apple

Steve Jobs bio---
I read while biting
an Autumn apple

#cloud

old laptop---
I back up my data
to the cloud

#blue

October blue sky---
a man hunts for mushrooms
in the park

#chill

I wear my leather jacket---
Autumn invigorating
cold chill

#lunch

lunch time---
a concrete city park
with a waterfall

#safari

clouds of various shapes---
a man goes on a safari
in his mind

#next

Gaddafi is dead---
but what is
next

#sunset

October clouds at sunset---
the scent of baking
pumpkin pie

#blue

October morning blue sky---
a woman in black
sneers

#fog

October evening fog---
the sound of steps
behind me

#frog

morning rain---
a frog goes back
into the pond

#fog

October morning fog---
ghosts come out
of chimneys

#sunset

October sunset---
she buys
black tulips

#house

an abandoned house---
the sound of slamming a door
October

#legs

nice October night---
dancers' legs
entwine

#dusk

dusk---
a kid wants to play
more hide and seek

#moon

an old man shaves---
a setting
day moon

#blue

blue sky---
the subway is crowded
with people going to work

#rings

my door bell rings
but no one is there---
October

#bull

bull riding---
it's a matter of how long
it takes the bull to win

#River

East River October---
many bank anglers
mostly blue fish

#blue

Autumn blue sky---
a man goes into
an outdoors jacuzzi

#blue

blue sky---
a man empties his pockets
Autumn day moon

#sunset

the sun starts to set
away from my kitchen---
Winter is coming

#blue

October blue sky---
but for a ghost
a day moon

#moon

plays hide and seek---
a day moon goes
behind clouds

#moon

it's witchcraft---
October moon
at sunrise

#elephants

Thailand Monsoon season---
the elephants are
hungry

#lilacs

front porch---
their Halloween characters
are behind a sea of lilacs

#cat

a lost cat ad---
they know how to find
a better deal

#bird

my network is down---
a bird sings
on top of a cell tower

#bald

early morning---
a bald man cracks
a soft boiled egg

#fog

morning fog--- 
a witch shrieks
mid October 

#Occupy

Occupy Wall Street---
a cop's horse
shits

#fog

evening dense fog---
a couple
hold hands

#fog

morning fog---
the skyline covered with spider webs
mid October

#fog

afternoon fog---
the day's news
in HD

#shorts

bewitched---
some men still wear shorts
mid October

#movie

the charm of innocence---
a man watches
an Audrey Hepburn movie

#beat

Topeka, Kansas---
it's now legal
to beat your wife

#timers

Times Square old timers---
can get lost walking
in the middle of the street

#cloudy

cloudy sky---
an economist predicts
no growth

#route

I discover the shortest
route to pizza---
Columbus Day

#Day

a ship goes to India
through the Panama Canal---
Columbus Day

#blue

blue sky---
a nanny has
the day off

#moon

a witch takes out her broom-
October
full moon

#good

more Indian Summer---
some men don't look good
shirtless

#race

the race---
all the elephants are too old
to beat the lead donkey

#blue

blue sky---
a jet airplane
keeps on rising

#sunset

contrails at sunset---
a man says he can smell
the smoke of hemp

#River

East River October---
strong surf whips its banks
a rat comes out to look

#Indian

Indian Summer day---
it took till the afternoon
for it to sink in

#Poker

blue sky---
a Poker player loses
his shirt

#blue

blue sky---
Jews fast
Yom Kippur

#Day

Empire State Building lit
green, white, and red---
Columbus Day weekend starts

#wins

October---
a Yemeni woman wins
the Noble Peace Prize

#beauty

beauty is limitless---
morning
blue sky

#blue

October morning blue sky---
all the ghosts have
gone to sleep

#sunrise

sunrise---
a black poodle
is out for a walk

#sunset

October sunset---
no purple leaves
yet

#started

Oktoberfest---
I thought it
just started

#bar

Autumn---
I find a shortcut
to my favorite bar

#blue

October blue sky---
a scarecrow wears
sunglasses

#about

I find out about it
on my iPhone---
Steve Jobs dies

#sunset

October cloudless sunset---
a witch closes
the curtains

#shelter

aimlessly I walk---
I pass a stray dogs
shelter

#blue

morning blue sky---
a man draws the bed sheet
over his head

#dawn

Autumn dawn---
Venus above
the skyline

#sunset

October blue sky
at sunset---
a witch is enraged

#moth

late night---
I open a window
a moth brushes against my cheek

#expands

Assad expands---
his goons attack activists
in the US

#dawn

dawn---
Spain's Duchess of Alba
will remarry

#chill

finally a skyline
clear night---
October chill

#sunset

stormy dark clouds---
pink through a crack
in the horizon

#seagull

October over cast sky---
a seagull stays
low

#peacock

early morning---
a peacock displays
its tail

#sunrise

October sunrise---
cotton candy
clouds

#warming

storm clouds suddenly clear-
a couple argue about
global warming

#River

East River October still waters-
an oil tanker makes
its own waves

#cake

let 'em eat cake---
cuffed for protesting
the avarice of Wall Street

#alone

Sunday morning---
a man at the office working
alone

#blue

blue sky---
the Sunday Times protrudes
from a mailbox

#night

Saturday night---
it's still warm enough
to wait out in line

#lips

Saturday---
I drink Schaefer beer
the sweet redness of her lips