senryu and tanka cluster

 roadside hibiscus picked by a homeless child 

laughing with old friends crates of oranges rot 

lasciviousness: when was i ever comfortable in my maleness

waiting for autumn...skeletons will enjoy a seance too

'in'n outness' of tides: who IS the Prince of Tides

editing poems that really make no sense...yeah...

ashes from blooming fires ways i hated my aunt 

restaurant visit: he only orders water with a smirk 

boxed adoption records—coldness of Autumn readily apparent 

beyond Machiavelli—Hitler and Tojo with a summer heatwave

unwashed dishes...Madam Pol Pot has too many shoes

buying wallpaper i find Madame Mao quite charming 

'vanity, thy name is Imelda Marcos' sweltering noon 

what

of uncried tears

of the Shah...

wondering what the Empress

jotted down in her diaries 

*thinking of the Shah of Iran, Mohammed Reza Pahlavi and his wife, the noble; Shahbanu Farah.

behind soft words, all the force of my fury 

red azalea white azalea what collapses in the night