Day and night preachers hawk the Message of the Cross on television. Once a month they pause and beg for money for

If I hadn’t died, I’d still be bouncing along in that Greyhound bus through the mountains swigging a Coke.

We’ve moved my wife and I from home to the last place we’ll ever live and she wants to know why

Because he works in an office and… and because she who tans anyway ha… returned from a week at the Beach, the commuters are certain she’s no… yet they rustle in their seats.

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

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings

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

Roscoe and two cousins rented a va… and drove to Mississippi for the f… of another cousin they grew up wit… It took six hours to get where three old men didn’t want to go

In our tent we hear whippoorwills happy to see dawn dismiss the night Donal Mahoney

Tommy is the only man for miles around who can knot a ti… Old farmers come to town on Satur… and wave from pickups with respect when they see Tommy on the street

I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.

Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…

The Downy is the smallest flicker but his arrival is uninvited and disturbs the hummingbirds circling in fury while he with bravado

He often got bored with her hobby… but this weekend he looks forward… hours of cooking shows on televisi… while he talks with her about her… He finally accepts that she is dyi…