I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...
It’s a disgusting thing but Paddy Gilhooley, who knew better as a child, had begun farting in church very early in life. He started in grammar school, many decades ago, long before the ...
Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow in February and says six more weeks of winter. That same day the first moth of spring lands on my storm door
There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear
What will she do with him? That is, if she’s elected. She’ll have to take him with her to the White House after keeping him in the doghouse.
As autumn turns colder there’s only one moth fluttering at midnight around the porch light. He’s the last of the flock
They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them
He saved money for years to vacation in the Everglades because he has degrees in the study of reptiles. He’s an expert at the zoo.
Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
Red, yellow, brown work well together in a portrait of society. Add black, no problem. But if we remove the red,
After all these years my wife at the ironing board, perfect in panties. Donal Mahoney
A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney
Emma used to do real good in schoo… her mother tells her new teacher. It’s Parents Night at Ryland Ele… Mostly mothers in attendance. What’s the problem, her mother ask…
Although it snowed a little Wedne… Jane’s hyacinths are blooming. And in the yard she saw this morni… 50 robins hopping in the sun. Some flew in couples into trees