Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.
Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…
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
The ancient man with raspberry hives on his cheeks since childhood will live alone
You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year
Phil doesn’t go to church but after midnight he enjoys watching preachers on TV swing their bibles in the air, march across the stage, yell
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies. Donal Mahoney
There’s a force that makes a boulder hard to push up a hill. And there’s always a boulder and always a hill when it comes to helping the poor find something
Steven is a retired teacher disturbed by the problems he sees in education. Schools weren’t perfect when he was teaching but they were better than they are today. He has ideas for impro...
She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
Six months ago an old black couple moved into an old brick house on a block of old white people. A dither erupted over the fences
River rafting in Montana is a fine way to spend your vacation but it’s not the same as river rafting in Zimbabwe.
When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
Jim met an old friend from college days long after both retired. They were classmates on the beautiful campus,
Melanie cried for hours the day a drunk driver ran over her dog a week after she had an abortion. She loved that dog so much she told her mother she knew
