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

A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.

In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.

Paul’s not a veteran of Vietnam but he goes there in his dreams to watch his brother Tim walk in hazy streams sprayed with Agent Orange before he

We hung suet out on the deck today hoping the wrens would come and stay the winter,

My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service

Last night my recliner broke. I used the lever to lean back and I went way back, almost heels over head. A shock. I hate going to the recliner store

White privilege it’s called and re… I learned its name although I’ve… white as a sheet for decades. Like breathing and eating I take white privilege for granted.

Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but

They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture

An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level

It was an ancient city. All the young people left as soon as they could but the old remained in their mortgaged huts

I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…

The nice thing about crossword puz… as an obsession, Phil tells Bill,… keep you away from other obsession… that might engage your attention a… benefit no one. For example