Back pain

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

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.

Silda Wall Spitzer

Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”

Eliot Spitzer

When a righteous man
is caught with his pants down, it’s
likely he’ll get spanked.

Fuzzy logic

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

posted to my Twitter account

Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.

High school play

Geeks transformed into
leading men stop hearts, but then
revert back next day.

Lost cell phone

Left in Manhattan
cab. Friends’ numbers, pix of my
kids in strangers’ hands.

Obama: Candid Date

It’s said women swoon
at his rallies, yet his wife
once called him stinky.