April Fool’s Day

not sure what’s so fun
about a day when we’re all
afraid we’ll get punk’d

Why I need to sleep

When I stay up late
my thoughts move oddly like lab
mice stunted by drugs.

Sexist comment from an unlikely source

haiku from Trisha who was there

Gay flight attendant
Shares gender stereotype
Astounds passengers

Visiting colleges

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

In memoriam: Mrs. G

Now that the snow is
gone, her neglected garden
pokes up stalks of loss.

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.

Nearing seventeen

Unaware of her
beauty, unselfconsciousness
gives each movement grace.