July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees
Ringing in the ears has no cure. It’s called tinnitus and you can pronounce it the way it looks or the way
No more nudes in Playboy according to the anchor on the Nightly News. Playboy has declared nudes passé because
I look in the mirror and I’m not… Where did I go? I don’t know so I look around and see my wife with the dogs and kids. Not one of them sees me.
Another day at the zoo and Wally’s new job was to feed the ap… Old Stanley had fed the apes for 40 years and loved the job but told Wally he was retiring.
She’s not young, his wife. They’ve been together 40 years but when she gardens in her shorts and he’s lying in his hammock she’… a lovely sight to see so when she
Almost toothless now, old Romeo puts his Bible down, relaxes in his rocker, pours brandy in his snifter and scribbles in his ledger
You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,
Ten years ago, when they were tykes just in their 70s, Melvin used to tell Emma eat your Wheaties
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
When Homer stubs his toe or bumps his elbow, the pain is always piercing but Homer’s a pious man so swearing isn’t for him.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for one who is rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus told his disciples.
They’re usually poor people, sometimes considered the flotsam of society, always in the way at the grocery store,
You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude
After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…