Damon Hubbs

Roosevelt Island Haiku 

Please consider my taste
The captivating pivot 
leads to the inevitable collapse
The truth of a time-
stamped poem is like 
too many detectives 
in search of a grand piano

and in another life 
I’m building rooms
exploring connection and exclusion
but today 
let’s just say the speed skater 
has an ass like the most beautiful 
windmill in Holland 

Let’s just say 
I read your Roosevelt Island haiku 
and found it marvelous 
Let’s just say
I never knew 
that Dawson Leery lived in Massachusetts 
I wonder if he listened to The Modern Lovers 

     drunk on the tramway
     hospitals & asylums 
     Young Turks, graffiti