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Happened 40 years ago senior year of college they were engaged to marry in June till he dropped her off
Farmer John knows he’s old but didn’t think he was that old until he went to town one day and met a young lady he liked as much as he likes the corn
Walking in the forest as morning comes I hear piccolos of wrens and robins offer hymns to God
He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him
Mrs. O’Malley from across the alley has another small job for my father to do which makes my mother
Every day the same play. The moment I rise, the first act begins, the same plot
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
When Bill was a lad his parents preached that Scripture was the truth. Decades later now Bill still believes that.
Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…
On a sunny day in Harvard Yard blonde from Norway weds son of chieftain from Rwanda after
After all these years my wife at the ironing board, perfect in panties. Donal Mahoney
We’re troubled by the very rich we see only on TV and worry about the poor who sleep at night in doorways and in parks, the trul… with little more than the clothes…
Someone smart told me yesterday you never really know the meaning of a word until
Old Tim drove 600 miles back home to his shed in the woods a month after burying his wife up north in the city where they me… more than 60 years ago.
On weekday mornings on a quiet corner three moms with small sons and daughters wait for a school bus
