Mae mailed Christmas cards today, fewer again this year because death has made her address book a skeleton. She has a son in Russia
Being bipolar isn’t easy but it’s tougher when you’re poor and have to walk rather than ride
Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…
I should have said yes, meet you anywhere you want for lunch, even that greasy spoon with the lousy chili and corn dogs… Every five years or so we meet
I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb
Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.
If one could store them in the attic without stir and turn to other things, to picking fruit, perhaps, or seeding it, one could afford
Maury’s wife frets about growing old withering up and sagging so it’s up to Maury
Wonder Woman they call Sylvia, who excels at raising money to put child abusers in prison. The money she raises allows attorneys to prosecute
No more nudes in Playboy according to the anchor on the Nightly News. Playboy has declared nudes passé because
The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a
Fancy spam emails I don’t mind nor the ones cobbled in broken English from someone who says he’s with a bank overseas
Hillary was at the podium setting the record straight for people who have a problem with the tone of her voice. She said when Bill was
“Damn the vernal equinox! Full speed ahead!” is all that Cootie Murphy would ever say when he sat on the last stool at the end of the bar in The Stag & Doe Inn. He wouldn’t say it very ...
