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,

When a writer lacks verbs and nouns he’s the victim of writer’s block. His mind may house

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…

She was just an old lady who lived next door. I’d wave and smile and give a nice hello but nothing more.

There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out

According to reports certain White House interns past, present and future are asking Americans not to vote for Hillary

In the fall we lose an hour in most of the United States when we have to turn our clocks back. This is not the case

I died from a rattlesnake bite and found myself in line with other zombies in front of a bank of elevators, the doors opening and closing as if by metronome.

Sarah makes sandwiches all day, piling meat and trimmings high on pillowy bread she spreads apart before her customers’ eyes. Hardworking men love her sandwiche…

Raul is a kind man who plays marimba in a salsa band at LA clubs late into the night. Some afternoons he plays

He’s always believed people of every faith can live in peace together in America no matter what happens

We’re upset when vandals desecrate a cemetery and disrespect the dead not so much when doctors vandalize the womb

It is said brave folks who understand this new world understand demons. Donal Mahoney

You’re an old man in a nice suit and tie out with your wife at a fancy function with nice people

Early evening traffic’s rather heavy. Autos armadillo home along the Outer Drive as out of mouths of buildings