Haiku 42 of 50

She's got a ticket

for the train and no luggage

no end worth the time

Haiku 41 of 50

I keep a gator

head on my desk to clean my

nails on its sharp teeth

Haiku 40 of 50

I am so sick of

feathered girls in witch jewelry

feigning poverty

Haiku 38 & 39 of 50

38

Rilke was followed by

a mournful blue violin

or so he opined

39

I am followed by

guitar feedback and amp squeals

my veins made static

Haiku 37 of 50

The milk box children

pray for rain tirelessly 

to wash clean the earth

Haiku 36 of 50

One eye is higher

than the other blue glass orb

the skull in a waltz

Haiku 35 of 50

Slow clarinet song
puts in mind a girl I know
watch her disappear

Haiku 34 of 50

Howling Wolf shook me

hard by the shoulders and said

"It's all concentric." 

Haiku 33 of 50

If you say you love

even the mistakes I make

then you're a liar.

Haiku 32 of 50

Let the circle be

unbroken, sure. But forget

the song of my name.

Haiku 31 of 50

The hands I was born

with are not the same as the

ones I leave behind.

Haiku 30 of 50

Aligator man

lives down under the Dreamland

boardwalk. He waits always.

Haiku 29 of 50

What do you do with

an object that's outlived its

function? Repurpose.

Haiku 28 of 50

The island, empty,

the apartment windows lit,

no voices echo.

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Haiku 27 of 50

The bones of Dreamland

Coney Island's first theme park

burnt, and then entombed.

Haiku 26 of 50

She'll dance about the

architecture in hopes it

will awake the stones.

Haiku 25 of 50

She imagines the 

pale corset-bound ghosts of the

Ladies Mile freed.

Haiku 24 of 50

It's never quiet

enough to hear her heart beat

while the sun is out.

Haiku 23 of 50

That water, so cold,

hid a giraffe skeleton

deep in the Hudson.

Haiku 22 of 50

She plays the glass bells

of the old armonica.

Tone vibrates the spine.

Haiku 21 of 50

A ghost of a dream

hangs in the air on 5th ave

waiting to come home.

Haiku 20 of 50

Kept the carousel

under glass to trap the dreams

of dizzy children

Haiku 19 of 50

Tag my name over

the bridge pass. Remind me that

I'm still here, hoping.

Haiku 18 of 50

Look in the faces

Of the people of New York

Awake/asleep/now

Haiku 17 of 50

Brooklyn bound subway

Eating beef jerky is great

but only for me.

Haiku 16 of 50

You should feed a cold.

They say to starve a fever.

Drown a hangover. 

Haiku 15 of 50

Are all the tourists 

exploring this city or

the one here before.

Haiku 14 of 50

If the mice unite

and declare war on roaches

I'll root for mammals.

Haiku 13 of 50

Sorry I am late

I was watching art cartoons 

with Ruski mobsters.

Haiku 12 of 50

Your headphones are loud

and your music is so bad.

Dreams of knife, of wire. 

Haiku 11 of 50

My people came to

this port; to this port I will

forever return.

Haiku 10 of 50

Yeah, I know the best

rest room in Union Square Park.

Like hell I'll tell you

Haiku 9 of 50

I give up. I do.

Relinquished my sinful heart  

a poor sacrifice. 

Haiku 8 of 50

A woman smacks her

lips at me, I'm livid but

her friend calls my name.

Haiku 7 of 10

He says he's lonely

not for love, or for sex. Please,

a real companion

Haiku 6 of 50

In the dark subway

I think of my ancestors

digging my commute.

haiku 5 of 50

She paints my nails green

tells me she escaped Tibet

humming as she files.

Haiku 4 of 50

Awake, breaking glass

on the stoop, on the street, on

the windowsill.  Shit.

Haiku 3 of 50

Push the thoughts away
it's not easy to grow peace.
I try on the street.

Haiku 2 of 50

You think it's cold out
there? You can't fathom the blue
chill of your own heart.

Haiku 1 of 50

If you could see all
the past footprints in concrete
you'd still be pathless.

Super 8 Star Trek fan video made by kids in the 1970's

I heard you weren't happy T.T.

with the things that I said.
It's ok to dislike the narrator.
I'm just looking to extinguish
that red coal.
I hope one day you'll take care
of our sunny terrarium
in a blue glass bottle,
but that you'll pour out the end,
the dregs, the lees, the grounds,
the remains,
into the garden.

The Fuller Building

The ancient and looming edifice

under which I stand holds the distinction 

of being one the tallest buildings in the world 

for about thirty seconds 

before another and another 

sprouted up around it like itinerant dandelions. 

Her prow pointed north she has always attempted 

to plow to the very top of the island 

and if I'm not incorrect

she's made a few inches of progress over the years. 

Generally regarded as a menace to design and decency 

my beloved flatiron is a phenomenon of engineering 

and was known for creating a breeze that could 

blow up the hoop skits of ladies at the very end of their walk.

I feel a sort of congress with it's incongruity 

and tendency to be cheeky and overdressed. 

It's big in back and cruel and beautiful as first light. 

I like that. I get it. You're sexy. You know it,

and you'd destroy me for saying so.

She's a little vain it's true with her limestone flounces

the shutters around her clicking all day.

Oh my darling you've developed an ego
and a mean streak a block long.

I imagine if someone were to speak ill of you

in your shadow you would peek the other way

and drop a rosette from your 8th story 

crushing that person to a pulp

and say "Sayonarra" under your breath

while you filed your steel frame into a wicked point.

I think you're the kind that people think needs love

but when confronted with us

you just want our dirty greasy fingers

off of your damn limestone.

You will stand tall and gorgeous and cold

until I too am dead

I love you, I love you, and I'll lay my hard work

at your feet. I will give my sacrifice to gods

of the city, and they will never know my game.

But I know yours. 

I know yours.

One-1-ii

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