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Unemployed Christmas
December 21, 2008 in accomplishment, change, consumerism, disappointment, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, holiday, hope, loss, nervousness, observations, regret, sacrifice, status, tradition | Leave a comment
Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments -
fragile, out of reach.
Prom group
May 2, 2008 in change, conformity, desire, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, fear, friendship, haiku, jealousy, nervousness, observations, paranoia, poetry, politics, regret, shameless, status, thoughts, tradition, writing | Leave a comment
She can’t stand her. He’s
her ex, so don’t include them.
Can’t we go alone?
Prom date
May 2, 2008 in beauty, connection, curiosity, delight, desire, dilemma, disappointment, fear, friendship, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, jealousy, nervousness, observations, obsession, opportunity, poetry, politics, regret, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Deciding who to
take like negotiating
Mideast peace treaty.
Online life on the line
May 2, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, haiku, hope, nervousness, observations, paranoia, poetry, regret, technology, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
He sent sensitive
documents to a stranger
thinking it was me.
Cave of the Winds tour
April 16, 2008 in curiosity, disappointment, fear, haiku, holiday, illusion, nature, observations, poetry, pop culture, thoughts, travel, writing | 2 comments
A romantic name
for a seagull poop splashed walk
among spray and rocks.
Strangers in a strange town
April 15, 2008 in curiosity, death, dreams, family, fear, haiku, mystery, observations, paranoia, poetry, sleeplessness, supernatural, time of day, travel, writing | 1 comment
Our waitress admits
the town has its share of ghosts.
We sleep with lights on.
Natural born plant killers
April 2, 2008 in accomplishment, death, embarassment, evil, fear, habit, haiku, housework, laziness, nature, oddball, poetry, regret, shameless, writing | 2 comments
No one waters them.
Tiny cells plead, but TV
seems more important.
Laptop
April 1, 2008 in conformity, connection, consumerism, curiosity, detritus, dilemma, disgust, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illness, loss, obsession, oddball, paranoia, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, status, technology, thoughts, trends, writing | Leave a comment
An adult blankie.
To take one from its owner
will make grown men cry.
April Fool’s Day
April 1, 2008 in curiosity, dilemma, fear, haiku, holiday, observations, oddball, poetry, pop culture, thoughts, tradition, writing | 1 comment
not sure what’s so fun
about a day when we’re all
afraid we’ll get punk’d
Why I need to sleep
April 1, 2008 in curiosity, evil, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, loss, observations, oddball, pain, paranoia, poetry, sleeplessness, thoughts, time of day, tired, writing | 2 comments
When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.
Insomnia bordering on insanity
April 1, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, dreams, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, mystery, nature, nervousness, observations, oddball, paranoia, poetry, supernatural, time of day, tired, writing | 1 comment
Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.
Salt Lick barbecue
April 1, 2008 in accomplishment, consumerism, cooking, curiosity, death, delight, desire, dilemma, dreams, fear, food, haiku, obsession, poetry, pop culture, regret, shameless, success, tradition, travel, writing | Leave a comment
Vegans, stay away,
lest your firm resolve melt from
tender smoked brisket.
Back pain
April 1, 2008 in change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, fear, haiku, illness, loss, pain, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, tired, writing | Leave a comment
Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.
Why I’ve been absent
March 20, 2008 in accomplishment, connection, create, curiosity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, hope, integrity, loss, nervousness, opportunity, pain, paranoia, peace, poetry, regret, time management, tired, tradition, writing | 1 comment
Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.
Blog trolls
March 20, 2008 in fear, haiku, nervousness, obsession, paranoia, poetry, writing | Leave a comment
haven’t found me yet
they lurk like dirty water
under dark bridges
Silda Wall Spitzer
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, change, conformity, connection, curiosity, death, desire, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, hope, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, pain, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, shameless, status, success, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”
Saving grace
March 17, 2008 in accomplishment, change, death, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, fear, haiku, illusion, loss, nervousness, paranoia, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, writing | Leave a comment
While I throw pennies
into a coin jar, Bear Stearns
gets a big bailout.
Eliot Spitzer
March 11, 2008 in accomplishment, curiosity, death, disappointment, disgust, embarassment, evil, family, fear, haiku, illness, illusion, integrity, loss, observations, obsession, oddball, poetry, politics, pop culture, regret, shameless, status, success, thoughts, trends, writing | 1 comment
When a righteous man
is caught with his pants down, it’s
likely he’ll get spanked.
Fuzzy logic
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, conformity, death, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, loss, observations, obsession, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, shameless, sleeplessness, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
I need sleep, but I * need to work but I need sleep * to work can’t think straight.
Last minute
March 10, 2008 in accomplishment, create, detritus, dilemma, disappointment, disgust, disorganized, embarassment, fear, habit, haiku, illusion, laziness, nervousness, observations, oddball, opportunity, paranoia, politics, regret, serendipity, shameless, sleeplessness, success, technology, thoughts, time management, time of day, tired, writing | Leave a comment
posted to my Twitter account
Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.
Duct cleaning
March 9, 2008 in change, curiosity, death, detritus, disgust, fear, haiku, housework, observations, paranoia, poetry, thoughts, writing | Leave a comment
Heating system dust -
particles of previous
occupants’ lives, selves.
Lost cell phone
March 8, 2008 in change, disorganized, embarassment, family, fear, haiku, loss, nervousness, pain, paranoia, poetry, regret, sacrifice, sleeplessness, technology, travel, writing | 1 comment
Left in Manhattan
cab. Friends’ numbers, pix of my
kids in strangers’ hands.
Among extraordinary women
March 3, 2008 in accomplishment, celebrity, connection, detritus, embarassment, fear, habit, illusion, integrity, jealousy, loss, nervousness, observations, opportunity, politics, success, thoughts, tired, travel, writing | Leave a comment
I am the dull one, struck
mute by accomplishment
what I do, nothing.
Morning in LeFrak City
March 3, 2008 in change, consumerism, death, detritus, disappointment, dreams, family, fear, haiku, hope, illusion, loss, observations, pain, poetry, pop culture, regret, sacrifice, travel, writing | 2 comments
On a cluttered Queens
balcony he stands, watching
the complex decay.
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