“If you don’t like the gun, my dea… I can exchange it for a negligee b… I’ve given you many negligees. I think a gun’s important to have around the house
A gray summer day the sun is on vacation sunflowers hang their heads Donal Mahoney
An article in the paper reports something one doesn’t see happen in America very often. Eighty billionaires, millionaires and others close to that level
I used to be flexible about meetings at work. Change the hour of a meeting, no problem for me.
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…
Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport
She could sing, dance, and act but picking a man was a problem. She didn’t complain or explain just worked hard for the money, an Unsinkable Molly Brown.
It was always a lovely yard, the grass green, never a weed. Dandelions in spring were an endangered species as soon as she spotted them.
All lives matter now unless they’re inconvenient. No room in the womb. Donal Mahoney
The call comes in to the police station. It’s a small town and the voice at the library says “He’s at it again.”
Phone rings. Wilbur answers it. “This is Grace. Is Thelma there?… “No,” says Wilbur. “She’s out won… “You mean wandering about?” ‘No, she used to wander about. No…
All that hair trapped in a braid silver to the waist Opal this morning nude in the mirror
Took the wife to a pancake house the other day. National franchise good food
How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman
When I was in grammar school I knew it was Wednesday when I looked out the window and saw across the street three trash cans at the curb
