Back pain

Hunched and hobbling I
move as if years older, a
taste of what’s to come.

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

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.”

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.

High school play

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

Lost cell phone

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