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.

Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.

Millie on crutches in the day room tells Fred on his walker to find him.

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,

The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down

I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me

After all these years my wife at the ironing board, perfect in panties. Donal Mahoney

Am I right or am I right, one neighbor asked the other as they walked the few blocks to vote in different primaries. Some people make a good

I wish he had never come out from behind the stove, that spider I stepped on at 4 a.m. He was a big one bothering no one.

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything

America had a choice November 8 between a devil they know and a devil they don’t. They chose

It’s not the same as seeing the po… in Bangladesh on PBS and hearing Gwen or Judy tell us about them b… the poor in Bangladesh scream in s… brown and gaunt and hollow-eyed.

The two weeks I spent in that small town on assignment, I saw no blacks except for two older women regal in every way,

For years Willie has saved his mo… investing it in stocks and bonds, waiting to sit in his recliner each quarter with a martini reviewing his profits.

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.