My boss has a problem with God or rather a problem with me because I believe in God and he doesn’t. Or so we discover
Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad
Books covered in dust are stacked from floor to ceiling. Screens light up the house. Donal Mahoney
Aaron loves the show on television about antiques. Tonight they have a Grecian vase worth close to a million dollars. Aaron has stuff in the basement
The older I get the more beautiful they are without exception Donal Mahoney
He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens
Outside, the still of crickets. Inside, petals of a cold sore foliate,
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Sometimes an egg comes out of a chicken Sometimes a poem comes out of a title Sometimes a chicken
We write the stories of our lives between the bookends of birth and death They stay on the shelf
It was the first time that senators had been asked to go home and address parent-teacher meetings at all the middle schools in their states. Each had been given a sheet of talking point...
Sometimes it helps to learn a relative has died a close relative you haven’t seen in years and didn’t plan to see again because
No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds
Standing in line behind a father and his little boy waiting to reach the register
One has to be careful campaigning door-to-door. One doesn’t know who’s behind any door. Could be someone