Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney

November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.

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.

Millie calls the hotel at midnight to tell Willie he didn’t do anythi… It’s the way he didn’t do anything… that’s the problem because a man d… send a girl yellow roses on Valent…

It took awhile to find Osama. It will take awhile to find the Briton with his knife in the desert of Iraq. They may bring him back

Old Tim writes poetry now in his heaven of retirement. He’s had nice jobs over the years but swears retirement is better.

An old guy on the subway with a lunch bucket tells a young lady with a brief case Bernie hasn’t got a chance.

Oliver Jones, now gray and grizzl… cut the Miller’s lawn for years.… a victim of Agent Orange, Oliver’… almost as old as the Millers, his… Recently he’s left ridges and tuft…

Ralph never planned on dying but when he did, he was swept away like a child’s kite blown astray. When he arrived at his destination… he heard angels singing, harps pla…

It’s a kindergarten soccer team and Jack’s the biggest kid. His father is the coach. The team is undefeated but there’s a problem

twenty-four houses on the same block everyone inside milling about one lost a job

Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up

The older I get the more beautiful they are without exception Donal Mahoney

If I owned a magazine I’d publish folks who agree with me as long as they remained abstract,

They laugh at him because he’s weak by their standards but they don’t realize they’ve signed a