Blog trolls

haven’t found me yet
they lurk like dirty water
under dark bridges

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.

Duct cleaning

Heating system dust –
particles of previous
occupants’ lives, selves.

Lost cell phone

Left in Manhattan
cab. Friends’ numbers, pix of my
kids in strangers’ hands.

Among extraordinary women

I am the dull one, struck
mute by accomplishment
what I do, nothing.

Morning in LeFrak City

On a cluttered Queens
balcony he stands, watching
the complex decay.