I sit here at peace and mind my own business and hope for a butterfly. I never take one out of the air. I paint only the flight of the but…
It’s a disgusting thing but Paddy Gilhooley, who knew better as a child, had begun farting in church very early in life. He started in grammar school, many decades ago, long before the ...
Elmer’s an old stag now shedding antlers snorting among the trees but sometimes Martha after her shower
The last visitor before I sleep is always the old priest puffing up the stairs to my door, a wine cask under each arm, a loaf of pumpernickel in his teet…
First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
Some emails are more difficult to receive from a child long out of college
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
Bill’s a conservative upset that Meals on Wheels and Medicaid face possible cuts in America’s budget. He yells to colleagues
Not a leaf left on the crabapple t… instead little red apples hang like ornaments on a Christmas tree… Little red apples that spend most of the winter covered with sn…
It’s time to stop the killing by order of the courts. Time to stop the injections
Larry and Bob have the same birth… Their friends at the Gathering Pl… where they plan to celebrate the y… Larry says his children will take… for a nice dinner and it will be g…
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
Tea in the afternoon with his wife of many years is usually peaceful, Hubert thinks before he makes his announcement. Then he says it. “I’m going upstairs,” Hubert tells Ruth as he hois...
You were a little older than three the day your father taught you how to pee, standing up. Your father trumpeted your triumph and your mother laughed in the kit…
Wally and Stan neighbors on the same block for 30 years never had a problem until Wally asked Stan over