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…
Adolph’s been here since the Fort… So have Benito and Tojo. As soon as they arrived we gave each of them a huge furnace. They shovel coal all day and all n…
Every time something breaks like the pipe in the wall we heard gushing this morning my wife wants to call
The editor of the school paper came at the appointed hour and found the old poet in his backyard alert in a lawn chair with a
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
Pete’s never needed anything from childhood on. His parents had it all and gave it to him so it’s hard for him to understand why
I bring a milkshake every other we… to an old man in a nursing home, a refugee from Germany who paid me 50 cents to cut his grass when I w… a kid in Chicago after WWII.
Other than death there’s no way to escape them unless you’re a hummingbird
A poor man comes to the door after the storm last winter and asks if he can have something to eat if he shovels the walk. You say forget about the snow.
Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers
Heaven’s Sake or maybe Hell No. Even if we weigh a ton our body’s not a problem
Monsanto still has problems after the carnage caused by Agent Orange. People continue to decay. Monsanto’s Roundup
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…
Her corded belt python tight around a tiny waist makes her blooms bigger brighter as they unfold
For years Willie has saved his mo… investing it in stocks and bonds, waiting to sit in his recliner each quarter with a martini reviewing his profits.