If the poor we will always have with us, then the rich we will have with us as well. Our system gives birth to both. Greed is part of man’s nature,

Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.

Great Dane out walking day after the funeral small widow next door Donal Mahoney

An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar

It’s Monday not Sunday and the frail lady in black is the only person in the pews. She walked in with

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

Pete reads a story about an artist who never sold a painting until he… and then sold one for a million do… Finding the artist on the internet… his work is just odd shapes in bri…

Do you remember how to tie a Windsor knot the way your father taught you on graduation day in eighth grade

You’re standing on a window ledge on the 50th floor of your building… It’s Valentine’s Day in Manhatta… clouds cruising, sun everywhere, a nice breeze tossing your hair,

A long time ago you bothered him somehow. Since then he has bothered you back. You don’t know how or

Linda’s on TV this morning being interviewed by someone who specializes in interviewing unusual people. Linda’s a smart woman but

Before dawn Bill stoops under crimson leaves of the low-hanging Japanese Maple

His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.

We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially