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.

Last minute

posted to my Twitter account

Project due and I * like the late adopter I * am, haven’t finished.

Snow in March

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

Lost cell phone

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

New York City from the air

Like a jeweler
displaying gems on velvet
wealth gleams beyond reach

Double entendre overheard at LaGuardia

“We’re domestic,” a
blonde woman tells her daughter
in line at the gate.