TINY CHAIR

 

TINY CHAIR

Tiny Chair

No longer needed

Outgrown?

A good thing I suppose

But why does the little chair

Next to the large garbage bags

Make me feel so sad?

MONUMENT

 MONUMENT

Walking along 71st Avenue 

In Forest Hills Gardens

Looking down at the floor

I saw a strange metal plate

"MONUMENT

TOPOGL BUREAU

BOR. QUEENS"

What kind of bureau is the TOPOGL?

Something like the FBI or even more secret? 

Is the TOPOGL BUREAU watching

Over the Borough of Queens?

Who are these people who work for

The TOPOGL BUREAU?

Where is their headquarters?

Do the workers wear Topogl badges?

And why a monument?

Aren't they in Washington D.C.

Or in Cemeteries?

I pondered these questions for a while

And then decided to let my imagination fly

 Maybe there is no TOPOGL BUREAU

In Queens or anywhere else

The monument is where

The little green men 

From the center of the Earth come out of

Each borough has one of these passageways

For the little green men 

From the center of the Earth to use 

Or maybe the little green men 

From the center of the Earth are already here

Have been here for a long time

Hiding away in some distant forest

Unfortunately as a result of global warming

And the vanishing habitats

Many of the original little green men 

Are dying off

The remaining ones

Desperate to survive 

Now wish to return home

But the hole they 

Once used to come out of ground

Has faded from their memory

Occasionally some of the little green men

Go on expeditions searching to find 

Their long lost portal 

With no luck so far

If however for some inexplicable

Reason the remaining little green men

Are reading this blog entry

Now at least they know where 

Their ticket home is located

 Finally I Googled: TOPOGL BUREAU

Which indicated the marker has to do

With maps made by the 

Bureau of Topographical Engineers

Used as benchmarks for the size of streets

And property lines

How dull

LIKE TWO EAGLES

LIKE TWO EAGLES

Two bald eagles

Now reside at the Queens Zoo

Neither can fly

One was hit by a plane

The other was shot by a hunter 

 It' ain't easy being

A national symbol

 

 

FALL COLORS

 

FALL COLORS

It's late October

Fall is here

The leaves are changing color

I am sure there is a very scientific reason for this

Perhaps even a poetic one

TAG?

 TAG?

Walking along Queens Boulevard

I noticed a tag lying on the sidewalk

With three words:

"UN-NEST BEFORE SELLING"

I picked up the tag and turned it over

To see if I could get more information

The other side read the same thing

So I was left with a three word mystery

Reminds me of Ernest Hemingway's

Six word story:

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

 

GREAT HORNED OWL

 GREAT HORNED OWL

At the Queens Zoo 

The sign reads Great horned owls

Are very proficient hunters

They can turn their heads 270 degrees

Which helps them find their food

They are true wiseguys!

WATER LANTERNS

 

WATER LANTERNS

Water lanterns

Drift along the Fountain of the Planets

Each with their own message to the stars