I went into the staff room on my break. I opened up the 'fridge and got inside. The door slammed shut. That made the bottles shake. Good sign at least, the light stayed on. I tried but...

You tutored me. Can still recite by rote the who and whom begats. On details drilled I mastered cues to quote the anecdote and when to laugh or sigh 'mid tales distilled of rogues revealed,...

I later heard she almost died. Although she didn't try to keep the fact from me, the how and how come wasn't mine to know. My feelings weren't her first priority. So when I heard, I had...

We shoved off. I took starboard, you took port and rudder, I the jib. The rising sail puffs proudly, slackens then inhales in sport. Will we have shifting gusts or calm or gale? Above the...

I'm not sure you'll get this. I'm not sure I care. As if you care! Who knows! This is just to tell you that I broke that dish You gave me years ago. I'm sure you know the one. How...

My friend, if you mean save my mortal soul before the pass/fail test when I decay for pre-paid bliss or face the heated hole. I'll run the risk-- I'm Sorry, I won't play. Or do you mean I...

"No animals were harmed during the filming of this production" American Humane Association 1980 Across the screen a cowboy rides the plain. We watched. He stops. I bounced on grandma's...

Back there are storage rooms crammed to the beams with trunks of costumes, coats, and shoes and hats, old scripts and notes in boxes, powders, creams and tables, chairs and thickly painted...

Depression, grief, the sinking pit of "Why?" Fate's wheel turned down. As I remember when misfortune struck, defeat or worse how I betrayed myself, I chant "If only...then." Elation, ...

How dare you take away from me the love that others gave me, leaving me alone. We're trapped. I gnash my teeth and groan. We're pushed around. I wince with every shove. We're not like you. ...