We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor
You think he’d be more grateful. Neither rich nor poor he’s never wanted for anything. He’s always had what he needs but never had any gratitude
Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian
All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney
Tattoos were anathema in ‘52 on any man who got one after an all-night drunk or to impress a girlfriend. But not a word was spoken to
Simply because anchors have little to say means they’ll keep saying it till others believe. This is America.
Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
You find old poems in the attic in a box with the Remington Rand you wrote them on in the Sixties before computers were born. They were published then in little
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Old barber shop in a neighborhood never posh now poor. A single chair with an ancient barber
Melba comes home from the grocery… She was walking away from the dair… He was there with a pregnant girl… He said to Melba, “Ma’m, is this… Melba told him it was margarine.
In my all-boys school sixty years ago there were two boys who were different. All four years they walked to classes together, books
Three times a day a train roars through a field a farm away booming like an Angus bull looking for companionship.
A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
Strong man Samson told Delilah seven locks of hair were the secret of his strength