Tattoos were anathema in ‘52 on any man who got one after an all-night drunk or to impress a girlfriend. But not a word was spoken to
Herb’s wife says the grass needs cutting and Herb agrees. She says the neighbors are upset he hasn’t cut it for the last five weeks.
Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat
Noon meal at the nursing home and everyone is there chowing down and talking. Before dessert is served there’s an announcement to be made
Monsanto still has problems after the carnage caused by Agent Orange. People continue to decay. Monsanto’s Roundup
The problem with Chloe is she moved to San Diego where the weather’s fair but hasn’t found anyone who’ll listen to her so she
Snow on Christmas Day. As I walk out with bird seed birds cry Santa’s here. Donal Mahoney
An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar
The weekday Mass at 6 a.m. brings old folks out from bungalows around the church. They move like caterpillars
You find old poems in the attic in a box with the Remington Rand you wrote them on in the Sixties before computers were born. They were published then in little
Like the poor the sparrows we will always have with us, my neighbor lady tells me as she feeds the birds
Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life
Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.
Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
Gram tells Stella on the phone her neighborhood is full of old fo… She hasn’t seen Stella in 60 year… and won’t see her again because of the canyon of miles between the…
