When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket

If they irritate you and so many do you don’t seek them out until you need them and when you’re through

They were refugees, too, back in the Forties, settled in Chicago, learned English, some a lot, some a little,

Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to

Although we’ll never again be body to body or mind to mind, you and the place and the years are alive every night in the lette… I’ve stored in my room.

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…

No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...

It’s time to stop the killing by order of the courts. Time to stop the injections

And so I’ll tell old Max, and maybe he will listen, it’s time to call the plumber in and tell him,

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”

This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting