Strays

My legs itched while my aunt rubbed alcohol on them. I stood inside the screened porch of the trailer that was nestled in an orange grove in among…


Polo Shirts

My friend Tom showed up at school wearing a nice Polo shirt with the polo player emblem stitched on the left breast. We oohed and aahed and didn’t…


Panhandler

The bearded panhandler stood by the stop sign at the corner of Hollywood and the off ramp to the hospital from 6:30 a.m. until after rush hour in the…