Thirty years I’ve lived in Missou… with its major threat for an earth… So far no problems but experts say the big one could arrive any day. California’s lovely but with its q…
Dad hit me only once, an uppercut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height, 5’8,” a fireplug who...
A row of lilacs covered with a summer snow. Ten white butterflies.\ Donal Mahoney
Young Tim goes to Zaire to write his dissertation in African Studies. While there he meets and marries a beautiful librarian
The kitchens of Auschwitz are belching again. Ancient chefs, puffed hats askew, storm once more
I flew out to see a high school friend. from many years ago. He was poor back then and I was better off.
Fred’s not a hunter but Animus is a beast he’d hunt down and kill and mount on his wall if he had a clear shot
The ones we didn’t abort we’re starting to euthanize so no worries there. It’s the ones in the middle still walking around
Herb remembers when he was young he’d go to the doctor and complain about aches and pains and sniffles… Now he’s up in years and still goes to the doctor but never
Despite the digital holocaust of computers and cell phones, Newberry Library remains the Vatican of books with the right sounds,
I have an old friend who was told some time ago he had six months to live. We live far apart now and he told me about this in an email shortly after the doctor told him. The six months ...
An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
Sometimes an egg comes out of a chicken Sometimes a poem comes out of a title Sometimes a chicken
Let’s stop the crying, Millie. It’s true our friends are dying. They’re old like you and me. Why not celebrate instead that 80 years ago you and I
Strapped to his bed in the nursing home, he tells every nurse who comes in and tightens his straps