#fountain

soda fountain---
a teen and her mother
come in for ice cream

#Park

Madison Square Park---
there is no one
in the tree house

#dancing

Saturday night---
the barmaid yells at me
I keep on dancing

#fog

morning fog---
my neighbor takes off
his turban

#more

the recession---
more
homeless

#dawn

dawn---
I water
the poinsettias

#night

Christmas night---
Venus shines
real bright

#blue

blue sky---
I do the dishes
on Christmas day

#wash

Christmas Eve---
I am too tired
to wash the dishes

#couple

more bad weather---
a couple standing on ice
argue

#rise

the recession---
rise in arrests
for shoplifting

#icy

icy sidewalks---
a cop
smirks

#first

the recession---
the first time Toyota
ends a year in the red

#spits

sunny day---
a paraplegic
spits on the snow

#blue

blue sky---
she falls
on her butt

#fog

morning fog---
the snow covers
everything

#fresh

fresh snow---
the graffiti looks
dirtier

#dog

the snow stopped---
a side street littered
with dog shit

#freeze

the recession---
Harvard puts a freeze
on hiring

#feet

snow flurries start to fall---
the bridegroom gets
cold feet

#snow

snow in the forecast---
my neighbor's husky
wags his tail

#moon

cold night---black cat peaks
from under black car
a half moon

#sunset

sunset---
I turn off
the Christmas lights

#fog

morning fog---
a cop gives me
the wrong directions

#look

happy hour---
they still look up when
Bush is on TV

#Lipstick

the Lipstick Building---
it inspires
pyramid schemes

#Park

Madison Square Park---
near by bank Christmas lights
have no green

#age

December Fifteen---
Feeling my age
as I climb the stairs

#full

near the subway---
a cemetery
is full

#blue

blue sky---
I go to buy more
Christmas gift wrap paper

#night

cold Saturday night---
I walk into
an OTB

#twins

full moon at sunrise---
the Siamese twins
have an argument

#beach

mid December---
driving by the beach
with the heat on high

#foreign

electronics store---
the salesman answers
in a foreign language

#shower

drizzle and fog night---
I stay home
and take a hot shower

#dog

morning rain---
a stray dog follows me
to the subway


#wind

Chicago---
the lake cold wind
smells fishy

#office

the recession---
the office Christmas party
is BYOB

#sunset

she went to buy
a pumpkin---
Winter sunset

#blues

morning Winter blues---
only the memory of old flames
warms me up

#smoke

frigid day---
mushroom shaped smoke cloud
car makers need bail out

#cold

cold morning---
a cockroach warms up
under my coffee cup

#moon

back home
I wipe her lipstick off my cheek---
a half moon

#evil

Pearl Harbor Day---
evil does not have
one address

#snow

first snow---
bride walks out
of a church

#blue

blue sky---
I take out the flowers
from my Jasmine tea

#bags

December evening rush---
the shopping bags
are smaller this year

#dawn

cold dawn---
the Christmas trees keeper
smiles

#checks

the recession---
the barmaid stops
cashing checks

#sunrise

sunrise---
she pulls black satin sheet
over her head

#bright

East River bright day---
I look away
kids wearing parkas

#blue

blue sky---
smoke travels
shaped like a whale

#brain

as I stare at my plate---
my brain had enough
broccoli

#blue

blue sky---
a monk has
nothing to say

#Venus

she has two
gentlemen callers---
Venus with Jupiter and the moon

#dawn

dawn---
last year dust
on the Christmas ornaments