Bobby Thomson

he is so careful
as he rounds the bases
not hearing the crowd


Bobby Thomson has gone home.
In 1951, his home run gave the NY Gaints the pennant.
"A shot heard 'round the world."

Nagasaki

too early for lunch
a schoolboy frowns at a clock
eleven oh one


11:02 am, local time, August 9, 1945
Nagasaki, Japan, the bomb detonates.

Somalia

"charred goat bones"
they say -- without conviction
Somali nightmares

summer puddles

puddles everywhere
after a summer's rain
all made for splashing

Better Morphosis

what if a bug
morphed into Franz Kafka?
better morphosis?

a tribute to Brian Aldiss's "a Better Morphosis

The Umbrella Man

Standing on the curb
making bucks off commuters
the umbrella man

Deconstruction

deconstruction --
wrecking ball of writing
Jacques Derrida