Wednesday, August 01, 2012

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