Cop on horse says to little girl on bike, “Did Santa get you that?” “Yes,” replies the little girl. “Well tell him to put a reflector light on it next year!” and fines her $5.
The little girl looks up at the cop and says, “Nice horse you’ve got there, did Santa bring you that?” The cop chuckles and that?” The cop chuckles and replies, “He sure did!” “Well,” says the little girl, “Next year tell Santa that the d*ck goes under the horse, not on top of it!”
I didn’t cry. I calculated. The Bronco wasn’t just chrome and leather; it was a bet he’d placed against their future. While he slept, she folded his…
The room shattered when she laughed. My fingers still tingled from tying the last knot, from believing a handmade gift could stand beside crystal and chrome. Her…
We laugh before we understand. The pig grins, the farmer hesitates, and we tell ourselves it’s all just a bit of fun. But as the punchline lands,…
The first thing you lose is the hum. Not the cars, not the planes, not the distant sirens, but the thin, living thread that once stitched morning…
Fame never prepared him for silence. No scripts, no marks to hit, no audience waiting to applaud his next move. Just the raw, unnerving question of who…
I learned hope from plastic. From the crackle of surprise lunches that appeared when my stomach had already braced for emptiness. In a house full of overdue…