buenos noches!

 

hot norwegian summer nights

1.

second in line at the ATM in downtown bergen

the guy pulls his card from the machine

turns to me & says something i can't understand

--what?

--oh, you are american?

--yes

--give me your card because mine no longer has money in it!

2.

it was a long drive thru the fjords 

majestic beauty 

the kind that i thought only exists in paintings

watching a movie on TV 

at the hotel

i look out the window

a fat cloud slowly scuds past

at eye level

beyond it are hills drafted in granite

& painted green with grass 

with a pique of grey at the top

i am in bed & i am flying

3.

i confess

i broke the law

at the bergen aquarium

i reached into the display

& set off the alarm

don't forgive me

i knew what i was doing

& i would do it again

4.

i think of a few thom gunn lines:

'we are the same in different ways

we are different in the same way'

thai food served by a thai woman 

hot food for a hot summer night in bergen, norway

5.

it was here at the top

overlooking bergen

the ride in the funicular

the expansive views 

of the city & the bay 

a troll, yes, a giant troll

the kind my grandmother 

populated her house with

spanked my bottom

don't ask me to explain

i am only here

to tell the tale

wartime haiku

               walking the dog

was that buzzing a fly, a wasp

               or a drone?

bedside stack

 

one sentence summer haiku

 out the office doors friday goddamn it's hot enuf to fry an egg out here!

liminal space haiku

after watching backrooms [2026]

walking the busy streets home

the broiling sun on the horizon

these crowds 

shades in the spaces between space

summertime blues haiku

friday nite, no plans 

beer in the fridge 

eddie cochran on the radio

what will i do?

i've got me a big ol' can of paint

gonna paint tonite blue!