Wally read something he thought good advice for those who lose the race. “Make friends of the
A bright winter day and not a leaf left on this skeleton tree teeming with sparrows
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
There are good souls who say poverty need not always be with us who say there’s a way to make it disappear
The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...
When I was eight I jumped off a roof as if I had a parachute and broke a leg. He was there when I landed,
Don’t recall meeting a human being at the megastore staffed by robots in the flesh
Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
Christmas lights ring the house and carols play. Todd decorates his grand Victorian
This time Wilma is ready for the bastards jimmying her front door, coming back for more. The first time she was asleep,
Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat
Handsome is as handsome does, Jeanie always said, when Donald was away on business.
Fred has been working with an agency called Hunters for the Hungry for five years. During that time, his food bank has received thousands of pounds of venison to feed the poor. This yea...
Herb’s wife says the grass needs cutting and Herb agrees. She says the neighbors are upset he hasn’t cut it for the last five weeks.
