Ithaca, NY

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

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.

High school play

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

For whom the bell tolls

From an estate sale –
pendulum clock. Westminster
chimes now count my days.

Trying Twitter

Emily Bronte * labored quietly but I * scream “Here are my words!”

Obama: Candid Date

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

The other half lives

It’s fun to see what
it’s like and then go back to
being nobody.

Empire State Building – in the elevator

Tourists whisked to the
top while on tenant floors, one
hears “shhhhhhsss” like secrets.

Morning in midtown Manhattan

In the skyscraper
canyons, light outlines moving
shapes sipping Starbucks.