Freddie and Fern were an old couple, a very old couple if truth be told, but on the matter of age, the truth seldom surfaced. Their kids were grown and gone and had families of their ow...
Years ago Rodney King, after his beating in LA, softly asked America, “People, can we all just get along? Can we stop
Some women use perfume and that’s fine. Some don’t and that’s fine too. Over the years
Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway
When you have an hour to live what matters then is Christ in a pyx in the vest pocket
Three are known by name, Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, but there are a zillion angels, pure spirits who have no wings like those we draw on Cherubim,
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot
A boy, maybe 5, dancing in the candy aisle of a megastore at 6 a.m., a month before Hallowee… is overjoyed by the harvest on every shelf, his caramel skin
Praise for Him coming from us is like the bark of a terrier at the foot of his master
Wally and Fred voted in the big election and then went to O’Leary’s Bar for a couple of beers. O’Leary’s is where men who work for the city go after every important election. Chicago ha...
Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
In the fourth grade too many moons ago a reassuring teacher looked over my shoulder and said not to worry about
After World War II before television, before women had tattoos before men wore earrings, I was a child in a world
