Six Cups of Tea (September 19, 2007)

Neglected tea cup
Growing cold and tepid
I lose at poker

Third cup of tea
All three only half consumed
Cold from distractions

At Lisa's house
Nightly ritual begins
Final cup of tea

Lisa's (September 18, 2007)

I decide to sleep
thunderstorm erupts outside
terrible timing

Lonely Poker Night (September 13, 2007)

Sleeping easy
Victory on the felt
Poker's rare pleasure


Final Fantasy
Long after completion
It's music lives on


Bruno stirs with anger
While I play into the night
Music and poker

Visiting Shneider (September 11, 2007)

poker with Shnnieder
a losing proposition
expensive lesson


lonely late-night drive
kept awake by techno bass
zen experience

Masha's Homework

four page paper
mix of fact and fiction
I help with fiction



my cousin and I
handle homework together—
Krasny combination

Green Mill (September 1, 2007)

only four colors
countless possibilities
bin of crayons


my dream of serving
fade into nothingness
another host shift


dinner on friday
state fair consumes patronage
haiku on the job