During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t

Although we’ll never again be body to body or mind to mind, you and the place and the years are alive every night in the lette… I’ve stored in my room.

An hour before dawn the paper is out on the lawn white in the moonlight a trumpet dozing after a long night in a jazz bar

You see things at the rest home you don’t expect to see. New veteran in his Korea cap is whipping everyone else in pool. He never has to bend over

Married 60 years Fred and Daisy still are very different people. All day long they hide their differences to make

It’s a retirement haven for people with money but it works like a Roach Motel. People move i… but never move out. You and your wife move in to

The widow hires four men to rip out her lovely garden. She’s too old to weed it. All the roses will go to the young bride across

In that backyard three small trash cans had their place next to each other against the house.

On the road all week finally it’s Friday and he’s almost home so he calls his wife and says it will be

You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year

They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture

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

There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear

It’s a simple procedure I’ve done for years many times a day. You’ll go home this afternoon, take it easy over the weekend,