The stench came first, the young man remembers. It was as if someone had grabbed him by the ankles, turned him upside down
“Quiet, please,” I tell her, “I want to hear the music.” She is sitting next to me again, this time on a paisley couch, a woman in a lime bikini I met
A good reason to get married, Tim told me before he died, is you need a driver to take you home from a colonoscopy. When cancer runs in the family
Fancy spam emails I don’t mind nor the ones cobbled in broken English from someone who says he’s with a bank overseas
Let’s look at him from his point o… living as he does in a penthouse on top of a building bearing his n… riding an elevator down a few floo… to an office where he oversees
Father the chameleon was lime gree… the first day I saw him peering in… my crib smiling and he remained lime green until kindergarten when a nun called the house and sa…
The others, of course, are more ra… but less apt to show it. Whenever I strike, I never romp o… I stand with the wrist that I’ve… from the lady locked in my teeth
I take my wife to dinner at a fancy place for us to talk about money because stocks have a virus and we should move
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
They’re widows, old and gray, bent over a quilting frame, sewing to meet a deadline for the next raffle
Joe went to the mall yesterday and found a big tent pitched at the head of the drive. Someone selling fireworks. The sign said discounts
how does one handle nude on the beach extremities starfished almost asleep how does one handle
My parents were far from preachy. They went to church separately and I went to the children’s service
Some say when daffodils shoot up Spring is here. It’s safe to put away your boots and shovels.
They weren’t talking at all, back… Deep in that house, conceiving the… they weren’t talking at all, back… And they’re not talking at all, ri… Still in that house, rearing their…