When you’re a pharmacist you don’t ask customers how they’re doing. You know from the meds they pick up
On Saturday mornings several bowed citizens gather on the sidewalk outside the clinic to read the Bible and pray.
Through the window I see the sun fire up for the last time today. There are jays in the trees near the meadow,
On the table by the window balanced on its spine this leaflet butterfly open and still as a
Let’s check the terminal and see what jobs might be available to match your skill set, the interviewer said. The young man
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
Old Sam in Room 322 at the nursing home asked the nurse to push his bed near the window because in October he likes to watch the l…
During the day there might be three cars parked at different places anywhere on the block. But at midnight there isn’t
Herb’s wife says the grass needs cutting and Herb agrees. She says the neighbors are upset he hasn’t cut it for the last five weeks.
Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.
Harvey at 80 is losing his hearing. He can’t hear his wife when she talks, a symphony lost.
You think you got problems? You probably do but would you trade with Phillip, a Vietnam vet who still thinks Agent Orange lurks in
Autumn and the leaves, crisp in the swirling air, are pheasant wings once more Donal Mahoney
Two men tall, one from here and one from there, in raincoats at a bus stop,
Porch light bright all night keeps thieves away but not the moths that dance till dawn