They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them

She has wanted to be Miss America since third grade when she won the… in Snow White and the Seven Dwar… Now a finalist, she has told the j… she wants to lecture at colleges o…

For years leprechauns lived under Pop’s fedora. They danced jigs on his head when he wore it and hid in his ears

Young Tim goes to Zaire to write his dissertation in African Studies. While there he meets and marries a beautiful librarian

Underneath the feeder black juncos write hieroglyphics in the snow. Two cardinals arrive In a flash of red. They add

Fred jerks back in his recliner as his wife puts him on the spot and asks his opinion about a dress she bought on sale at a fancy place for a great price…

A sense of shame is missing in the world today. If you find it, burp Donal Mahoney

Melba comes home from the grocery… She was walking away from the dair… He was there with a pregnant girl… He said to Melba, “Ma’m, is this… Melba told him it was margarine.

Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him

November’s lovely in the rain, she… from her rocker near the window to no one in particular although the butler’s waiting for her groce… having walked her Pekingese.

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often

The old man crossing the street has a bad limp we try to ignore. No one wants to look

You had to have a Schwinn to lead this pack of boys riding bikes full speed baking under the Chicago sun laughing after senior year

In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked