Scenes from an Italian restaurant chain

After the high school
show they flirt over pizza
sodas at Uno’s.

Respite

Thank god a day has
gone by without Britney Spears
in the media.

No pumpkin pie

Instead, a pumpkin
cheesecake. Traditions are good.
Cheesecake is better.

Autumn precedence

Trees have never held
leaves as late as November.
Frost was wrong. Gold stays.

Get a life

Front-load energy
saving washer. Fun to watch
clothes spinning around.

Triage

When we run out of
batteries, we sacrifice
the TV remote.

Opinionated

I wrote a letter
to a magazine. Maybe
they will publish it.

Couch potatoes

Too tired to head to
our beds, my daughter and I
tag team sofa sleep.

Thanksgiving bird = bird giving thanks

Fourteen wild turkeys
on my back deck raid the grape
vines looking for fruit.

Day after election day

I saw the losing
candidate cross
the empty parking lot.