This Monarch butterfly dances from petal to petal red, yellow and orange sits for a while on each and then

The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner

From my stool in the diner I watc… the old woman with elm tree arms command the big booth in back and roar for a menu, take a half hour to read it

Jimmy and Billy, two young men in kindergarten, went home from school every day just before noon. They lived in a small town in Nebraska, in the middle of farm country. It was the 1950s...

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because

She could sing, dance, and act but picking a man was a problem. She didn’t complain or explain just worked hard for the money, an Unsinkable Molly Brown.

Red, yellow, brown work well together in a portrait of society. Add black, no problem. But if we remove the red,

There’s always something. Like the growth you found under your arm showering this morning but you decided to go

This morning I woke up early feelin’ good, feelin’ the way I felt 50 years ago, no aches, no pains, can’t wait to shower, hop on the El, go back to work,

They never held hands when they were a couple young and newly married as much in love as they were planning a wonderful life.

Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney

Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad