a busker
plays Summertime
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Central Park jogger
on his phone
doing a deal
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Central Park
she takes her boobs out
for a jog
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Natural History Museum
the past
captured
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New York subway
ghost trains
passing overhead
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42nd St
rough sleepers
waiting for a miracle
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in hushed tones
the priest
hearing Confessions
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New York heatwave
only the breeze moving
on 7th Avenue
Published (2020) 30th Anniversary British Haiku Society Members' Haiku Anthology City page 41
Published (2020) 30th Anniversary British Haiku Society Members' Haiku Anthology City page 41
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Museum of Sex
so
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gracing the table
a Christian couple
hold hands in Starbucks
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45th St
a half eaten pretzel
on the sidewalk
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Liberty Island
freedom takes the shape
of a butterfly
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early morning
New York goes to work
with a stern face
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street vendor
one toy dog
running away
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Manhattan bookstore
reading
between the lines
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Ellis Island
tourists queuing
to get in
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on the sidewalk
a homeless man
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The Guggenheim
ideas spiral
out of control
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five minutes
until the bookstore opens
time stands still
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correction bus
siren wailing
a euphemism drives past
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New York NY
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Washington DC
slow service
I read the menu
...again
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Arlington Cemetery
a squirrel
digs up the past
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Washington heatwave
emerging
from the Metro
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on my DC map
an ant strolls
up the National Mall
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Baltimore backstreet
the American dream
some blocks away
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Philadelphia slums
not
living the dream
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Washington DC
K
A
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M
A
New York NY
the Big Apple
preparing
for another bite
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I wandered
lonely
in a crowd
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buttocks quivering
she freewheels past
on the cobblestones
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New York
even the pigeons
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