Dining in Austin

I eat meat because
it’s Texas. Tender steak like
beef cotton candy.

Offsite meeting of the computer geeks

We all complain there’s
no place to plug in. One by
one, our laptops die.

Powerpoint

When you’re in a long
meeting, now you have two things
to look at while bored.

Morning sun

Slanting through speckled
panes, turning cobwebs into
faerie gossamer.

Visiting colleges

Muddy quads, walls bare
of ivy still inspire awe.
Can we get in?

Ithaca, NY

Ph.D.s waitress
here, M.A.s babysit, ’cause
no one wants to leave.

Driving home at sunset

Hills like cut paper
black against tissue blue skies.
Through poked holes, stars shine.

Why I’ve been absent

Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.

Disorganized

Incrementally
I clean unearthing a clear
space on the table.

Why

on another blog
gross comment deposited
like defecation