Archives for May 2007
Nickle and Dimed
She wants to change his mind.
“Jesus, Dad, are you even listening to me?”
“I am, I am. What were you saying?”
“I was saying that you shouldn’t live at the shore. You should stay in your house and sell the shore house.”
“I like the shore. If I live there then that will be my house and my […]
Suffrage
He suffered in silence So he avoided it completely, Though even he hadn’t noticed Until someone pointed it out to him. Not even a friend, just this guy who slurped coffee On the elevator every morning, someone who he’d thought Liked hearing his thoughts on the game the night before, His political views, the next day’s weather.
In the awkward moment That followed—the […]