You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in

Should she write about the wonders of nature and say it’s okay to lie on the beach forever without any sunscreen

Sagebrush on Broadway a Big Mac wrapper tumbles softly down the street Donal Mahoney

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

Third day on her honeymoon Sharon asks Butch what it’s like for a man before he gets married. A bricklayer by trade, and a man of few words,

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

Unlike his peers his office holds no photo of a wife no indication that he has fathered five

Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…

The poor are hungry in America. Their numbers would fill stadiums throughout this prosperous land. And feral cats are running wild, eating songbirds in our yards,

They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching

I never think about bison. After all, I live in St. Louis, why should I? But when I went hunting for quail in Montana

In St. Louis young blacks carry guns like cell phones and use them often to shoot each other, as we read in the daily paper

On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a

My wife likes to garden. She’s crazy about roses, lilies and daisies. She says I should get out in the garden and weed.

Some things can’t be fixed any other way says Bill in his bedroom on the third floor hoping to get some sleep