1 August 2012
#energy
blue sky---
a birthday balloon flies away
July ends
#mural
a new graffiti mural---
as pudgy as this
morning sky
#horses
the Olympics---
riders make horses jump
over various barriers
#midget
a circus midget
can't find
his wife
#cosmic
Summer predawn---
watching a cosmic rays
shower
#dawn
Summer Monday dawn---
I finish last night
crab salad
#sunset
July beach sunset---
a volley ball game
gets hot
#ballroom
ballroom---
a couple dance
cheek to cheek
#seagull
July overcast sky---
a seagull lands
on spilled garbage
#games
with the Olympic games on---
Yankees versus Red Socks
still gets 'em
#lucky
London Olympics
bicycle road race---
lucky it didn't rain
#fog
skyline morning fog---
all you see
blinking red lights
#fiancé
their first fight---
a man turns away
and calls his fiancé "puta"
#breezy
breezy July---
I open the windows
and turn off the ac
#Yankee
Ichiro Suzuki---
a new Yankee
let's play ball
#relationships
sexual relationships---
if they last
they become platonic
#diving
Summer Olympics start---
I plan to watch
the diving competition
#sunrise
Summer sunrise---
the smell
of strawberries
#die
the moment you're born---
you start to die
it's just a matter of time
#mushroom
a peeping tom looks
at a man's mushroom
as he pees
#blue
July blue sky---
a man has beef carpaccio
for breakfast
#class
ballet class---
it always resembles
doing penance
#feather
light as a feather---
a boxer stands on a scale
to check his weight
#haze
Summer morning haze---
a man squints
his eyes
#dad
after not seeing him for years---
her dad shows up
at her door step
#sunrise
Monday sunrise---
a cherry red Porsche
speeds by
#masked
"who was that masked man?"
the Lone Ranger rides
again
#sunrise
Sunday sunrise---
pornographic pictures scattered
on a sidewalk
#River
East River Summer blue sky---
black and white swans spread
their wings in tandem
#dream
she keeps dreaming of snakes---
coming out from the pants
of men
#sunrise
Summer sun rises---
a car driver has
a flat
#end
end of a rainy Summer day---
nothing to smile
about
#Ramadan
Ramadan starts tomorrow---
Moslems will fast
from dawn to dusk
#umbrella
London sunny day---
a British gentleman carries
his umbrella
#rainy
July rainy day---
a jogger runs
shirtless
#thumb
Syria's Assad---
finally China and Russia
put down their thumbs
#collection
read their privacy policy---
the online collection of
data
#fly
Japan's Olympic athletes---
the women fly coach
the men business class
#pour
thunder and lighting---
a down pour
but it's still hot
#hidden
airport pat-downs---
they want to know if something
is hidden inside
#heat
the heat wave waxes---
I sit in the shade
of an oak tree
#sunset
a hot day ends---
the sun sets behind
a chimney
#drill
as I wait my turn
at the dentist---
the sound of his drill
#coffee
July morning---
the smell of coffee
from an abandoned building
#caravan
Summer---
a caravan of semis trek
on a narrow New York street
#blue
blue sky---
bikini clad women play
volley ball
#fog
July the Sixteenth---
neither fog nor mist
but a heat wave
#heat
July waxes---
a heat wave will arrive
at noon today
#down
Tour De France---
today they go down hill
time to enjoy the scenery
#fan
a local Starbucks---
a fan asks me
for my autograph
#cloudy
July cloudy sky---
a mogul flies to the Hamptons
in a chopper
#boots
mid July---
a man dumps his old ski boots
in the garbage
#Day
Bastille Day---
how the French invented
the coup d'etat
#Friday
Friday the Thirteenth---
you should check
the status of your portfolio
#rainbow
a Summer rainbow---
a yogi does
the locust
#shock
cultural shock---
leaving Little Italy
to enter China Town
#two
Summer blundering---
a bird in hand is worth two
on the tree
#blue
morning blue sky---
kids shuffling
to Summer school
#sunset
blue clouds---
red clouds and no clouds
a Summer sun sets
#broken
engaged---
a broken promise leads to
a broken heart
#hookah
July cloudy day---
a man walks into
a hookah cafe
#hair
hair cut day---
my barber says
I have nice hair
#River
East River Summer day---
I make a duck call
a duck answers
#blue
July blue sky---
a fish monger
has octopus
#swing
July waxes---
it's still cool enough
to swing
#sparkle
Summer moonlight---
a sudden spark kills
the sparkle in her eyes
#cool
July Monday morning---
I say welcome
to a cool front
#sunset
redness of a Summer sunset
peeps thru the curtains---
I open them
#Sunday
Sunday morning---
a congregation repeats
the Lord's Prayer
#Yoga
July Sunday morning---
a Yoga class in the park
has few students
#night
Summer Saturday night---
you spend most your time
waiting in lines
#Flight
when the temp hits ninety---
listen to
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
#day
July's hot day---
a mother keeps checking
on her son in the carriage
#River
East River July heat wave---
a lone seagull
stands on a rock
#name
if you are reading this---
you already know
my name
#Fukushima
Fukushima---
it was a failure of Man
not Nature
#night
moonless night---
a night watchman talks
to himself
#clover
clover---
a herbaceous plant
mostly of interest to rabbits
#heat
July heat wave---
a man receives the power bill
for June
#sunset
July Fourth---
after the sun's fireworks end
humans show off theirs
#symmetry
Picasso's "Woman's Head"---
it lacks
symmetry
#rain
July Fourth morning rain---
a man wants a rain check
for tonight fireworks
#Park S
Madison Square Park---
the nonhumans are
more friendly than the humans
#Fourth
on a mountain top---
an eagles nest with two eggs
July Fourth
#blue
July blue sky---
a skin-diver views
the coral reefs
#sunset
a July sunset---
the only one that matters
is the Fourth
#dangles
in the Garden of Eden---
an apple dangles
from a branch
#blue
July Second blue sky---
I buy condiments
for the Fourth
