Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep
Things are quiet here, a friend wr… in the first email of his long lif… Most mornings I drive to Gillson… sit and read beside the Lake. The waves are a symphony.
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
Many years later when I meet her… on my way out of the Russian Tea… I notice how beautiful she is dini… a man more attentive than I was ba… But I see chaos dancing in her ey…
He likes people if they are useful. Women are useful. Employees are useful. Voters are useful.
As the snow swirls around them, an old man in a wheelchair uses sign language to tell another old man standing at the bus stop, “Friend,
She’s a snake charmer but doesn’t know it. That’s why the cobra married her and has lived so many years in its basket.
He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,
Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…
Cardinals bicker and knock seed from the feeder. Doves parade below. Donal Mahoney
Paul’s not a veteran of Vietnam but he goes there in his dreams to watch his brother Tim walk in hazy streams sprayed with Agent Orange before he
Time’s a jet plane when you’re young. You go to school get a good job marry someone nice
Drive around almost any city and you will find the homeless napping on a bench. Folks who drive to church on Sund… often view the homeless as litter
Where will the lovely lady go on her diurnal walk? One child in 30 years she bore, now they do not talk. Supple, firm, her lithe legs are,
When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney
