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He tried so hard to be everybody’s friend, agreed with everything we said. Some of us liked him, others were indifferent,
Before the Inauguration the man must divest himself of his stocks and bonds close every hotel he owns lay off hundreds of employees
If I knew I’d live forever I’d never send a poem out. No poem ever comes with ten fingers and ten toes so I’d keep revising, add
Jesus, can we talk? Some folks say you’re coming back any day now but many of them have been saying that for years. They say it could happen tomorrow, or maybe next week, and they’ve al...
He doesn’t understand distressed j… Designer jeans with rents and tear… look like the rags he grew up in wearing other people’s discards. His mother got his jeans from a ch…
Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
Harley turned 70 the other day and died riding his motorcycle through a pink dawn,
Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop
Sending out an address change to a friend I haven’t seen in 50 years, I say my wife and I are moving someplace new next month
Three are known by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but there are a zillion angels, pure spirits who have no wings like those we draw on Cherubim,
Three sisters single in their 40s gather 'round the fire on a night of thunder to figure out which sister
I can’t speak for other men but as I grow older I have found listening to my wife makes life easier. So when she said we should move to a retirement community while we’re still in reaso...
Far from the city way out in the country a hot afternoon in high summer as we drive down a bumpy road bouncing one mail box past
On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.
