You see things at the rest home you don’t expect to see. New veteran in his Korea cap is whipping everyone else in pool. He never has to bend over

July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees

They laugh at him because he’s weak by their standards but they don’t realize they’ve signed a

Fred must explain Halloween to Op… when he gets home from the poker g… He just had another bad Halloween… He thinks Opal doesn’t know but E… from across the street called Opal

Bill’s been seeing a therapist for years trying to get his life on track but all he talks about is his many regrets in a life

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain

Melanie cried for hours the day a drunk driver ran over her dog a week after she had an abortion. She loved that dog so much she told her mother she knew

Sometimes an egg comes out of a chicken Sometimes a poem comes out of a title Sometimes a chicken

One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.

Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan

She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

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

When Bill was a lad his parents preached that Scripture was the truth. Decades later now Bill still believes that.

She’s been making quilts for half a century and he’s been making poems that long as well and every now and then he brings a chocolate shake to her place