end of summer

photo by mmm

above the clouds

above the clouds — for once I know exactly where I am

(photo by mmm)

recurring nightmare

recurring nightmare — the devil waits for me in the lounge

(photo by mmm)

airport bar

airport bar —
a pilot orders
one for the road

summer haze

summer haze —
no one notices
I’ve shaved my beard

cicadas

cicadas —
my unborn grandchild’s
heartbeat

sunset —
somewhere beyond
the clouds

tropical storm

tropical storm —
my Hawaiian shirt
in the rag pile

heat lightning

heat lightning —
the dog
swallows a bug

dog days

dog days —
the dog
dazed

starless summer night

starless summer night — fireflies

Mass Pike rumble

Mass Pike rumble —
a cold dark beer
after midnight

BLAG, not Blog

When I’m not herding bits at my place of employment, writing haiku or drinking beer, I’m probably sitting in front of my humble home desktop computer, installing yet another Linux Distribution. Never afraid to break something that worked perfectly well to begin with, I’ve partitioned my hard drive such that I can boot four unique systems: Ubuntu 6.06, Gentoo 2006.0, SUSE 10.1, and my current favorite, BLAG. Always a sucker for recursive acronyms, BLAG stands for BLAG Linux and GNU, with the initial BLAG signifying the Brixton (UK) Linux Action Group. They've chosen Fedora Core 5 as a Linux kernel and have bundled it with an impressive arsenal of free software. Add to that the leftist political mindset of the development community and I’m frankly wondering why I had’t heard of the distro before.

Oh well, I guess I’ve just outted myself as a nerd. * sigh *

lightning strike

lightning strike —
a dead mosquito
on the back of my hand

hot summer night

hot summer night —
the dog’s breath
against my leg

staring at the screen

staring at the screen
I miss her resigned
“I love you”

midnight

midnight —
reading the email
that wasn’t

our last goodbye

our last goodbye —
full moon
bleeding through the trees

summer dusk

summer dusk —
a hornet’s nest
in the butterfly house

Orange Line

Orange Line —
I pretend to read
yesterday’s news

Government Center

Government Center —
the flag prevents us
from seeing
what’s behind
the fence

was it something I said?

was it something I said?
an empty shopping cart
in a vacant lot

fourth of July

fourth of July —
flags for sale
in a North End alley

summer night

summer night —
my haiku notebook
pale and starless

leaning against the fire alarm

leaning against
the fire alarm
I light a cigarette

Independence Day

Independence Day —
the kids take a vacation
from us