The others, of course, are more ra… but less apt to show it. Whenever I strike, I never romp o… I stand with the wrist that I’ve… from the lady locked in my teeth

You can learn a lot, both true and false, in a dingy all-night diner where old men gather at a table in back

I wish he had never come out from behind the stove, that spider I stepped on at 4 a.m. He was a big one bothering no one.

Raul is a kind man who plays marimba in a salsa band at LA clubs late into the night. Some afternoons he plays

Far from the city way out in the country a hot afternoon in high summer as we drive down a bumpy road bouncing one mail box past

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him

Sam’s collected knives for 50 year… and has 200, maybe more, relics from the Civil War and before. Someone gave him his first knife when he was 30 as a gift but

Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…

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

Woman in a window brushing long hair madly screams at a little boy down in the street licking an ice cream cone

Fred’s a reasonable man something he takes pride in. Just the other night before he threw a dish against the wall while

Memories never go away. They’re visitors from yesterday arriving unannounced often to a mixed reception. Faces aren’t clear but

Mrs. O’Malley from across the alley has another small job for my father to do which makes my mother