Red blue brown green pink
purple lines, veins arteries
pulse with commuters.
Riding the El
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Chicago skyscrapers
Though Burnham’s Folly’s
in New York, he saved his best
for his hometown dreams.
Buckingham Fountain
What naiad dances
in your pulsing, surging heart,
calling me to her?
Missing Chicago
City of Shoulders
Your fountains bring tears, your sky
scrapers pierce my heart.
Salon visit
She contemplates bangs,
a different color, hair
as reinvention.
Doing too much at Disneyworld
At the Happiest
Place on Earth, worn-out tots shriek,
deprived of their naps.
Disneyworld Character Meet & Greets
With more handlers than
Lindsay, their paparazzi –
parents; stalkers – tots.
Time management in Disneyworld
Fastpass, Magic Hours,
maximizing each for the
most fun possible.
Two actors eating lunch
Intense chemistry
onstage. In real life, silent,
eyes not quite meeting.
Lunchtime turnover at Panera
Morning mommies soon
supplanted by suits checking
BlackBerry emails.
a haiku a day 