youthful moment: I recall, before reading Solzhenitsyn, arguing with my mother the merits of capitalism versus communism. Angered, even in my teens, by corporate greed, I said something like this: "Well, at least in the Soviet Union, they share."Yes, she told me. They share an existence in which many people are deprived--of the necessities of life but also of freedom.
from John Mark Eberhart: The Kansas City Star: In One Day in the Life prisoner Ivan Denisovich finds hope most meager
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Charms
By Jo McDougall
One evening she glances up to see
from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: 'Death slouched in a doorway . . .'
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Thermometer
By Jane Marie Evanston
It's covered with germs.
from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Fever?
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By Eve Ott
"You look nice today!"
from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: 'Retirement'
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Another Weather Report
By Pat Daneman
God shakes his fists eternally to say,
from John Mark Eberhart: Parachute: Weather or not . . .
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