Halloween commute —
Elvis asks
for spare change

morning commute —
no need to run
it’s the MBTA

closing the storm windows —
the Red Sox win
the World Series

midnight —
the tired groan
of a freight train

freshly fallen leaves —
a two-hour meeting
I can’t avoid

mild October day —
a street sweeper stalls
outside Fenway

this one started as a sentence fragment:

how thoughtful of the train
to give me so much time
to solve the master sudoku

...which was then distilled to something more senryu-esque:

train running late
I solve
the master sudoku

I’m still trying to decide which I like better...

cool autumn night —
gently covering
the chile peppers

an important decision:
“there is a season
turn turn turn”

train running late —
a dog treat
in my coat pocket

warm October night —
a 98 m.p.h. fastball

back to school —
my daughter passes
her pregnancy test