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I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.
Pistols in holsters very early this morning. She’s wearing a bra Donal Mahoney
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana
The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,
Every four years I vote and every four years for the last 40 years the same lady has signed me in
In two more hours I’ll have to sh… shave and coffee-prop my lids and otherwise prepare for day. It’… and now the barkeep, Griggs, is rushing me, the first
I saw Al once a month for 30 years, maybe more, doing business together. He retired to hunt bear in Alaska, hook Tarpon
It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney
Old lady on a park bench hunkered down babushka and shawl snow and wind dancing everywhere
Someone broke in the house the weekend the elderly couple was out of town, a family thing. The TV, the couch and computer were gone.
Spread 'Em for Anyone Edna had always had trouble with men. It started in high school when Ed… big for her age, hosted the soccer… one by one, provided they won.
If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,
Widow in a rocker pets her calico cat long strokes slowly. With the cat purring and the widow humming
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
