In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney

Last night my recliner broke. I used the lever to lean back and I went way back, almost heels over head. A shock. I hate going to the recliner store

It’s a small backyard I’ve watched for years from an upstairs window while chained to a computer. Whatever the weather

Departures from the norm we are. Not just you and me but

Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice

Tornadoes in the parlor, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, t… churned every hour Dad was home. He never worked and with good reason.

Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

If he were in high school they’d call him a bully and take him to the principal’s office for counseling.

It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin

When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,

Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian