Pardon Pardon me, Father, if my sins offend you. I enjoyed them. Pardon me, lady, if I hold my place in line. Your brat’s not cutting. Pardon me, boss, I don’t deserve the crude remarks at the water cooler. Pardon me, folks, but you’re not…

Excuse me, she mutters as the loser picked her pocket Thank you, she thinks when it is proven missing Excuse me, she screams as the bowl falls down the steps Thank you, her fist slams through the door in rage Excuse me, he queries, afraid suddenly How…

Wolf runs wild through the night. She calls to us, as the doe does not, for we have learned to overlook her gentleness. But wolf runs fierce and wild stirring ancient memories within us. She lopes through crystal white fields, silver under the moon, soft crunch…

“Pardon me!” he yelled into the phone. The guards looked on. “Jimmy! Cool it. Of course, I will. We’re blood.” “How are you going to do it? When are you going to do it?” “Try to have a nice day, okay? I got you.” And…

he tells me the technical name is cardiac calcification that it can be genetic but if I cut down on saturated fats and smoke less and exercise more I can prevent the progression I look at him and he doesn’t realise that my heart’s going…

When I came to California, a gruff New Yorker, well nigh 38 years plus change ago, the first time I heard, “Have a nice day!” from a super market clerk after I had purchased a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter and milk,…

I’ve been keeping all the adjectives in the barn out back but the wind that welcomes home family and friends blew open the doors and the adjectives all got away still welcome home so I must go out and round them up with the horses which…

Our house defines us. Whether it is clean or dirty. Organized or messy. Smart or brave. Ambitious or hardworking. But one house can have every attribute. Maybe the kitchen is dirty, But the bathroom is spotless, And the office is overly organized, While the bedroom…

When I go to trial Do not ask, “How are you?” Please pardon me Don’t let me hear “Welcome home.” Do excuse me the first day So return I won’t Say, “Thank you” You are free to go And have a nice day

Water pond lily pads so they may bloom, flowering great rose pink flowers upon their flat algae green surfaces. Homely for frogs of all size, saving shelter to generations to come. Partial favour towards the flavour of pink, brighter hues imbue brighter frogs. Great pearl…