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morning--- smell coffee from house of difficult neighbor
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Summer haze--- she wears a beige bikini
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morning haze--- she asks who picked our lilacs
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Summer crowded subway--- the smell of sardines
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she wears tight blue jeans and hijab--- July Fourth
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July Fourth fireworks--- I stand next to an Iraqi refugee
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sunrise--- a black woman in purple dress glares at me
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a man at the beach yells--- I need oil to drive home late June sunset
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sunrise--- heavy dust on my copy of Paradise Lost
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June rain stopped--- a drunk waters some more the lilacs
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morning haze--- an exhibitionist keeps the curtains closed
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sudden Spring showers--- her mascara runs
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tough bar--- she just returned from Iraq
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low tide--- she's on seaweed diet
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Memorial Day--- waiting for George Bush to leave office
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Spring warms up--- tattoos not just on the arms
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hearing the call for prayer as I pass a mosque--- Spring sunset
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wind swept cold rain--- truck makes stops to deliver bottled water
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her blond hair shines over her business suit--- full moon at dusk
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the price of rice goes up--- I start hoarding sake
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foggy morning--- she wipes the dust off her portrait
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blue sky--- my neighbor tells another big fish story
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Tax Day--- the sun shines on a house for sale
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blue sky--- her windows are all fogged up
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new driver--- my bus arrives on time
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foggy day--- the rest of this is at present not available
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sunny Spring day--- at the corner store firemen buy charcoal
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dawn--- a pile of black trash bags wait for pick up
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Spring first day--- she wears no bra
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full moon--- the barmaid kisses me on the cheek
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windy day--- the mailman arrives early
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holding the binoculars in her hands---she has more rings than Saturn
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rainy night--- the clicks of high heels behind me
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for the new year --- a temple nun washes Buddha
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a construction site on a Winter day--- got sand in my shoes
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alone on a pier he plays the trombone -- Winter sunset
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blue sky--- white lilies stick out of a garbage bag
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sunrise--- new graffiti in black and white
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new year's day--- there is rice on the sidewalk
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strong wind--- an inflatable Santa decides to fly back north
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Thai restaurant--- Christmas songs only in the kitchen
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gloomy day--- the Christmas lights shine brighter
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morning fog--- the graffiti looks subtle
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walking in first snow storm--- no one in a hurry
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Christmas shopping--- I forgot her present size
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wrong address--- the doorman wears a diamond earing
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waiting for dawn--- I put milk in my coffee
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she has a twinkle in her eyes--- I order more oysters
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morning haze--- I watch high definition TV
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Thanksgiving Day--- a rat awaits arrival of the garbage
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Black Friday starts at midnight--- a long line to buy bagels
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Thanksgiving leftovers--- a harvest moon wrapped with clouds
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geometry lesson--- day moon next to a contrail
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Madison Square Park--- cold wind makes it harder to day dream
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putting diamonds on the heads of rusty nails--- first frost
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Veterans Day--- smart people start wars
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late October warmth--- a witch smiles at me
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dark clouds at sunset--- my neighbor lights up his pumpkin
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the flu shot--- my last time mother held my hand
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Indian reservation--- too few home owners for a subprime crisis
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sunset--- a balloon moves up till it disappears
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crowded subway--- he gives his girl friend a long kiss
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overcast sky--- he hands out fliers for a tanning salon
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morning stillness--- the cat watches a butterfly
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October sunset--- have to go to the kitchen window to view it
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October cold wind--- her yellow skirt rises
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going out she hides her wedding band--- crescent moon
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dusk--- crescent moon amongst dark clouds I light more candles
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a bride walks up the steps of a church--- September blue sky
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morning haze--- her bubble bath is ready
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Madison square Park--- I watch the moon through an American Elm
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dry late September day--- the sun shines on her freckles
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blue sky--- outside a clinic a nurse takes a smoke break
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Labor Day--- a migrant worker sells American flags
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hot afternoon--- she's lost in her book I in her décolleté
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hot September day--- homeless man stands by ice cream truck
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a street artist soon finished the skyline--- September fog
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cutting up red pepper for the salad--- a drop of blood
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she ties her grey hair in a bun--- August blue sky
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eating chicken--- the wish-bone so small I wish better weather
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the remnants of a hurricane arrive--- and his mother-in-law
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arguing with my neighbor across the fence--- a sparrow changes sides
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happy hour--- she tells the bartender she lost her wedding ring
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dark August clouds--- looking up Hiroshima on the map
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morning fog--- listening to minimalist music
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Madison Square Park live folk music--- no one wears red suspenders
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Summer haze--- the nude beach is empty
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July dawn--- the pier is littered with beer bottles
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old couple view a distant lighthouse--- July moonless night
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Fourth of July--- another day at Guantanamo Bay
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Independence Day--- an illegal immigrant serves me a meal
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the long days of Summer--- I start reading Marcel Proust again
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hot day--- she writes a haiku in minimal clothes
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cool breeze--- the cicadas sing louder
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Summer Solstice--- an air conditioner drips on my neck
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end of the month--- no bread left over to feed the sparrows
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Summer carnival--- a flat chested woman enters the wrong rest room
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grey day--- the mailman passes me "with no ""have a nice day"""
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Summer--- a tree's luscious green covers the walk signal
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overcast morning the smell of steaming rice--- Summer
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