Years ago my wife bought three wall clocks, atomic clocks they’re called. They require no batteries and you don’t plug them in.

Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,

It’s Rocky’s Diner but it’s Brenda’s counter, been that way for 10 years. Brenda has her regulars who want the Special of the Day.

Puerto Rican girl thin, thin, let street lights pour bourbon on your hair, anise on your skin.

When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb

In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper

The ones we didn’t abort we’re starting to euthanize so no worries there. It’s the ones in the middle still walking around

Hearts are stopping faster than usual among people I know and people I don’t married to other people

A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney

If he were perfect he wouldn’t be Dan the Handyman, laying tile in crooked rows,

There’s a moral to this story. Police in St. Louis have arrested a teen for felony auto theft. They asked her why she did it. She said the owners didn’t

A clerk in a health food store became upset when I said I didn’t see anything I wanted since I wasn’t a vegan or vegetarian and liked my

Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney

Hillary was at the podium setting the record straight for people who have a problem with the tone of her voice. She said when Bill was