“We had the other ones done there,… “Why not go there again? Everythi… No complications. Who cares about… Bunch of do-gooders with hidden ca… “I don’t care about the publicity,…
Like that broad in an apricot bra hanging over the sill of her tenement window, the sun is over me now, its nectar laughing and falling.
The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,
Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers
It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
When the dogwoods bloom pink and white blossoms create canopies of joy. Donal Mahoney
It’s time to leave the man alone. He’s getting old, his wife says. He’s really slowing down. He’s always been a man occupied with one thing
Sometimes a woman leaves a man for another man or just leaves. Sometimes a woman
He lives in the attic of the brownstone down on the corner, been there for years. He’s seen twice a day
If you’ve seen a cockatoo up close in a cage or at a zoo you may have noticed how a cockatoo looks at you.
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
The cur dog tethered to a stake across the road runs back and forth barking all day
Cookies for George, 40 years back from Viet Nam, are the only payment the man will accept to mow your lawn,
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
So many of us feed the birds even though we know birds can make it on their own in any weather,
