He’s a citizen who has a problem with people walking toward him walking behind him walking next to him
A tractor trailer with slats and m… pulls up at a city slaughterhouse. The driver pulls the wrong lever and two thousand pounds of trotting cattle go for an easy
There are a lot of people like me neither rich nor poor, idling in the middle who have never wante… for anything in our lives. We were reared by parents
When she leaves the room when will she be back When she leaves the house how long will she be gone When she must go out of town
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
Ringing in the ears has no cure. It’s called tinnitus and you can pronounce it the way it looks or the way
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
The bog above Bob Gordon’s bog is where they found the body of an older man floating like a canoe among the lily pads. He was covered with crustaceans.
What we are not who we are matters to the world. Who we are not what we are
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
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
He’s a vet from Vietnam who won’t say much about what happened over there except to say his problem began with Agent Orange,
It will be a while before Fred’s hometown has its annual food drive, he told me. That’s an important event because it helps stock the pantry at the small charity where he volunteers. Ri...
There are Merry-Go-Rounds on Main Street all over America. They hide in storefronts offering payday loans to people who can’t borrow money anywhere else.
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
