In a storefront laundry on North Clark Street brown draperies release this quiet man who has my shirts.
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
It’s midnight in New York and in this tall building Herb and Molly are in bed making love. Molly is a virgin
Bill would come every Sunday to his mother’s house after a tough divorce. He’d bring his laundry for his mother to do and then he’d devour the roast beef dinner she always made for him....
Harvey at 80 is losing his hearing. He can’t hear his wife when she talks, a symphony lost.
Tim Murnane was born to parents who lived in a small brick bungalow in a lower-middle class neighborhood in Chicago. His father worked as an electrician for Commonwealth Edison Company ...
In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case
The ones we didn’t abort we’re starting to euthanize so no worries there. It’s the ones in the middle still walking around
After the Spring rain a dove on a Dogwood branch preens like a starlet
The uncommon is common in America today. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, Seinfeld
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...
Outside, the still of crickets. Inside, petals of a cold sore foliate,
An imam should say eternity lasts too long to sit by the fire Donal Mahoney
It’s not good when two disturbed p… with little in common disagree by… on something important. Tone and content can get raucous and make matters worse because eac…
If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused
