Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,
Even though we’re getting older even rickety in some respects my wife and I remain involved in the joys of life.
The Sixties almost killed Will, a wasted man who sobered up long enough to vote for JFK. And he’d have voted for RFK if he hadn’t been killed as well.
A tractor trailer with slats and m… pulls up at a city slaughterhouse. The driver pulls the wrong lever and two thousand pounds of trotting cattle go for an easy
Ruth’s at an age where she’s happy to sit in the sun under a patio umbrella and watch a line of ants
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
Woman in a window brushing long hair madly screams at a little boy down in the street licking an ice cream cone
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
If the greatest of these is charit… then tell me again why it’s gauche if this young man in a booth at a bar
When we were kids growing up in the city we had prairies and a little hill and we’d put Stevie
Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to
They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
When Martha gets home from cooking class this afternoon, Martin will be gone after 30 years of marriage. Martha won’t know why
Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind
