Beneath the bowling-alley bar marquee the rain tonight hammers off the concrete.
The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado
What if after Browne has gone one of us discovers who Browne was… leads the rally to his room before the maid has time to broom the web… retrieve from underneath the bed
In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go
In a very crowded bar Fred decides he must tell this fellow something important so he whispers
Spider in the sink this early autumn morning swirls in a whirlpool Donal Mahoney
No, Freddie can’t say he mourned when his father died and his father’s third wife found Freddie’s number and gave him a call to give him the news. His father had been responsible, worke...
Let’s not worry about it, Dearie, life gets better, life gets worse. We’re no different than the seasons of the year except we’re luckier than most having
Jane told Tarzan toodle-oo and moved away to Arizona because although it’s hot out ther… it’s a dry heat and not the swamp of heat she found herself panting
You never know who’ll be there though folks are dying to get in. Then suddenly you’re at the door, hat in hand,
We have one of those medical plans… my wife and I. The co-pays let us see a doctor, have a procedure, pay for medications. Can’t remembe… ever paying full price. Especially
I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me
His wife takes him to dinner as she always does on his birthday wearing bright red lipstick, a color she detests but he likes.
If I hadn’t died, I’d still be bouncing along in that Greyhound bus through the mountains swigging a Coke.
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.