Why I’ve been absent

Haiku, like bonsai,
needs care and pruning. A mind
unfocused kills both.

Why

on another blog
gross comment deposited
like defecation

Silda Wall Spitzer

Wan, pale, red-eyed, she’s
the poster wife of Wynette’s
song, “Stand By Your Man.”

Saving grace

While I throw pennies
into a coin jar, Bear Stearns
gets a big bailout.

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.

High school play

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

Snow in March

Hats, gloves, put away
in optimism return
for winter’s last gasp.

1964 World’s Fair Unisphere

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