at the diner

Inspiration these days has been coming more from Frank O'Hara and visual artists than in haiku form, so a little sketch today. This one is inspired by a Jasper Johns print in the wonderful book In Memory of My Feelings (New York: MoMA, 2005)


at the diner
in a booth,
mint green,
the painters'
animated
talk

in the shallow bowl
of the spoon
just a smudge
of black