You were gone when I got home at midnight from a double shift. Now you’re back,

Like the poor the sparrows we will always have with us, my neighbor lady tells me as she feeds the birds

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

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

Beautiful lady in the checkout lan… is spotted by Roscoe, a wealthy ma… wandering in Walmart. He admires her chocolate hair, bonbon eyes, vanilla creme complexion, a walk

Everyone who has money should drop it in a vat and anyone who needs money should take what they need a Swede, a Dane and two

It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem

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

The longer I live the greater Mar… compared with those who have tried… The man had integrity, guts, ideas… It was heartbreaking in the Sixti… filled with hope for change in Ame…

He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.

Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers

How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman

After World War II before television, before women had tattoos before men wore earrings, I was a child in a world

During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

Things reach a certain age, an age at which things don’t work the way they once did. The battery in your car,