neo-ku

        the old bum
truck exhaust
        the old moon


                              grafted on the rose bush
                carpenter bee
                              punk to light the dusk


walking the street
        she sways in the grey
light of evening


                              sitting crosslegged
                    in front of the starbucks
                              smeared ink on cardboard sign


hey man, he calls out
                do you have change
it's too hot to change



[on the way home, evening 8/13/08, in sac]