Spring break

Florida is the
cheese at the end of the maze
known as air travel.

If gum were chocolate

Like cows with their cud
we would chew constantly, and
then we’d all swallow.

If chocolate were gum

One piece would last for
hours and have few calories.
(I’m working on it.)

500 haikus

From a Revealing
start to this auspicious point –
my life in short form.

Insomnia bordering on insanity

Night winds roar like a
giant parent screaming “Go
to sleep!” without words.

Back pain

Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.

Offsite meeting of the computer geeks

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

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.