A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time

At a school reunion festive and grand a young teacher makes a point with a retired teacher

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand

Solid middle class he is always has been always will be until tomorrow on the highway

Unable to sleep Bill watches preachers on TV after midnight. The preachers warn the Saved Satan is coming to get them. Bill wonders why preachers do this…

In the woods soft snow falls on the first day of spring. Two daffodils laugh. Donal Mahoney

If America is lucky it might still happen. That lawsuit about the university accused of bilking students might go to trial and the accused

After the poetry reading the lights go on and a lady under a big hat rises behind dark sunglasses and asks the poet why

If smiles had echoes all the world would hear Grandma’s bouncing off the stars Donal Mahoney

Pistols in holsters very early this morning. She’s wearing a bra Donal Mahoney

You drive down the same country road every day at dawn and see through plumes of dust

No one goes to the patio now except at night when Ann goes out to spread old bread and sunflower seed on the small table for birds

Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold

Dubville used to be a quiet town, not that much was going on. The young would move to the city after high school… The elderly would stay because

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us