Paul’s not a veteran of Vietnam but he goes there in his dreams to watch his brother Tim walk in hazy streams sprayed with Agent Orange before he
Sometimes a person can go too far, Mickey said, two stools over downing another beer,
Herb remembers when he was young he’d go to the doctor and complain about aches and pains and sniffles… Now he’s up in years and still goes to the doctor but never
This was the first Christmas Billy was old enough to speak when he saw his gifts under the sparkling tree. His parents were waiting
Blooming for one day a lily welcomes the sun. Bumblebees drop in. Donal Mahoney
It was nearly midnight and I was driving home after a long day when I realized there was no cat food in the house and I would be facing the same trio of feral cats bright and early at t...
Next to me on the train going home to the suburbs is another guy stuck in a suit reading his paper, a normal-looking guy
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
Inseparable they are, landing one after another on the ground under the bird feeder two mourning doves
A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney
He should have married someone, James tells himself at 80 coughing in bed with the flu. He remembers very well that Miranda was a nice girl.
A student asks the old poet why he has spent so many years writing. The old poet says no one’s asked him that before. He needs a minute to answer.
Two old men meet for coffee once a week at a diner while their wives play cribbage. Jim says he has a problem. His wife leaves the water running
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.
Every day the same people at the same table at the rear of the cafeteria. The maiden, 35 at least, is gray at the temples,