First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney
World War II was over but still fresh in the minds of folks who li… in Bill’s hometown in the Ozarks. Independence Day was important. It called for a celebration.
When the president speaks from the podium and mentions the 20 children shot to death at Sandy Hook by a lunatic with a rifle,
When bread is this good a morsel will suffice and when wine
Each morning I step from the train and march with the others leaving the station. The weatherman’s warned of rain
Better take his wife to lunch after what he said yesterday. A slip of the tongue. But where to take her? The Chinese buffet?
Drive around almost any city and you will find the homeless napping on a bench. Folks who drive to church on Sund… often view the homeless as litter
After the poetry reading the lights go on and a lady under a big hat rises behind dark sunglasses and asks the poet why
Someone broke in the house the weekend the elderly couple was out of town, a family thing. The TV, the couch and computer were gone.
Been in trouble all my life childhood through old age. I took the alleys
The amount in every paycheck has a period in it. Those who get a paycheck every week dream about seeing a comma three spaces in front of the perio…
Some things you can’t undo. A remark, perhaps, you can retract or try to with an explanation. But a certain look can burn forever in the mind
You’re glad when the holidays are over and everyone’s gone home and the ribbons and wrappings are balled up in the garbage.
In America we say we get the government we deserve. That’s been true for the past eight years.
Mike’s old now. His mind is somewhere in the Fifties. Every few weeks one of his kids takes