Renoir once said that working next to others

over the years had been a great help to him:

It stops you thinking all your paintings are good. 

The blue sky is almost clear

beyond the highrise buildings.  

Above one a narrow cloud

floats like a negative thought.  

Trump if triumphant

in the election

could possibly do

something to annoy

Netanyahu, who

might come after him

When I say please stop

telling me all this

she talks to herself

so that I can hear

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George Ryan was born in Ireland and graduated from University College Dublin.  He lives in New York City.  Elkhound published his Finding Americas, as well as Other Places, Other Times, and most recently Cumulonimbus.  His poems are nearly all about incidents that involve real people in real places and use straightforward language.