Odes to the Coming of Summer

We here at NO HITTING aren't all about shallow attempts to make you laugh. If you looked at a pie graph of what we're all about, we will grant you that most of it would be that, but not all. To that end, the NO HITTING poetry department has given birth to several rhapsodies in honor of the impending summer.

reversal: a haiku by Jeffrey Macspeare
empty subway car
yes! it's -- oh wait...no A.C.!
dear god, the ball sweat

New York Sports Club: Another Reason to Join by Becky Carlos Becky
fleshy arms, bare legs
visible paleness abounds
rough winter in city..too much man titty

Life Choices by Rebecca Wadsworth Donohue
there's a beach somewhere
I'll never see it, too poor
should've been corp-rate climber
(epilogue)
comedy
ca
ca

90 degrees, 90% humidity: a haiku by Jeffrey Lord Maccyson
well-dressed homeless man
snowpants and a winter coat
steamed in his own pee