Among extraordinary women

I am the dull one, struck
mute by accomplishment
what I do, nothing.

Double entendre overheard at LaGuardia

“We’re domestic,” a
blonde woman tells her daughter
in line at the gate.

1964 World’s Fair Unisphere

Flushing Meadows Park
once a site of hope. There, a
globe pledged future peace.

Ides of March

‘Beware!’ Caesar was
told. Like teens in horror films
he didn’t listen.

Obama’s turban

Headgear gone wild I
tip my hat to idiots
who have flipped their lids.

Tina Fey’s new black

Reclaiming the word,
she grabs the bitch by the horns
and makes us all proud.

Negative campaigning

With all this trash talk
even the winner comes out
smelling like garbage.

WV Oscar night tradition

They walk the carpet.
We eat takeout Chinese and
scream for our favorites.

Night before the Academy Awards

Dreams of Oscars like
sugarplums dance in their heads.
Hollywood’s Christmas.

Get out the vote

See democracy
happen. It happens if you
exercise your right.