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Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan
She’s been a widow a year now and at times she still misses him when she drives past the steak house where he
They were always close Mom and Faye No father around Mom painted flowers Faye planted them
You were a little older than three the day your father taught you how to pee, standing up. Your father trumpeted your triumph and your mother laughed in the kit…
The scruffy old man and his white poodle on a long red leash were neighborhood icons years ago down at the corner
Miss Goody Two-Shoes’ sweaters aren’t too tight, skirts aren’t too straight and heels aren’t too high. She’s a swan gliding
Deep in the city where the poor wait for the Second Coming suicide is uncommon. No one leaps off skyscrapers
No red kettles and bells this December outside the stores at the mall in our suburbs this year. They irritate shoppers,
Dylann Roof defended himself in the sentencing phase of his tri… after he was convicted of killing nine people during a Bible study, the nine people who welcomed him
Redbud and dogwood have blossomed above the tulips and jonquils wher… Alice’s house used to be. A possum and raccoon nose around where the garage was before the to…
He’s Brad and he’s captain of the football team. He’s been chosen prom king and has a scholarship to college. Everything’s going well for him
If you arrive too early at the public library and stand on the steps with Mabel till the doors open
Sleet on the turnpike in the middle of the night but I keep driving, both hands on the wheel, nowhere to pull off,
On holidays I hear from Paul, who’s 80 if a day, who may have won his war on poverty without help from his friends. He won’t accept a cent.
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…