US-4 Statue of Liberty

Federal budget says it is closed

on this winter morning from low Manhattan

she appears distant

a vast span of water

separates her and me

the coin operated telescope

wets my appetite

crushes my hope

US- 5 Wall Street

Funny the Americans are

observing traffic lights

in these lane wide streets

covered by icy mud

the high-rises are beautiful

looked from afar

inside, it is narrow and crowded

devoid of the open space

of Texas

yet they get media coverage

almost everyday

US-6 At the UN

I ask the tour guide

where the gift from Jiang Zemin

is put

in the back garden

is the answer

as we go on

I cast an eye

out of a window

there stands it

against dirty snow

an insignificant object

dwarfed by high-rises

US-7 Aliens

In New York

You gotta learn

Not to speak English

Facing me in the train

A white sandwiched by

Two blacks and one yellow

A good demographic footnote