William Lobb's Blog, page 21
May 7, 2019
Pieces of Richie O’Malley
“I had a dream last night, Blondie, sleeping in the booth at the VFW. I dreamt I was walking in a scorched field. The morning after an inferno. The ground was still hot and smoldering. Everything was dead. The grasses and the flowers, even the wild growing weeds-the weeds Juan loved so much-were burned and […]
April 1, 2019
The Good Son
I was never the good son. We need to start with that. Any good I’ve ever done for you was borne from a healthy dose of Celtic guilt. I was closer to Cora than you. She ran that whole grandma, cookie baking, and hugs thing so well. You and me, we never connected like that. […]
March 19, 2019
Elle River wrote a query letter for me…
Richie O’Malley is a liar. Everything in his life is a con, a deception, a dirty trick to avoid the reaper and get rich while doing it. But even gangsters can’t out run old age. The reckoning is coming for Richie whether he’s prepared to face his past or not. Hi, my name is William […]
March 12, 2019
You can’t do this
NYS wants to cut Medicaid by a half-billion, trump wants to cut it by a trillion. What, exactly, do they plan to do with the elderly? How are we going to care for them? The elderly paid into this Ponzi scheme their entire lives. It is not an entitlement. This all started when Reagan put […]
March 5, 2019
Courage of our convictions
I was not a fan of Mohammed Ali, I was a follower. In a time of complete chaos and societal breakdown, and a time when the old bastions were falling and failing and revealing an ugly truth, Ali stood up and demanded a courageous honestly. His demand crossed lines and barriers or religion and political […]
February 21, 2019
It Doesn’t Make Any Sense
I’m not real smart. Never claimed to be. I’m listening to this justification to the 18 year old war in Afghanistan. So far I understand this: Some Saudis hijacked some planes and took down the World Trade Center. George Bush bombed the living shit out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Obama ended the Iraq war. That […]
February 13, 2019
Down Here In the Trenches
Down here in the trenches lives this girl, Layla. She hopes to get a job at Burger King. Right now she’s living in a motel, $299 a week. Smoking a menthol outside the Sunoco and asking me for spare change and talking about her little girl. The baby lives with her mom. The baby daddy […]
February 8, 2019
Frank Robinson
I loved the way he played. Leaning over the plate, daring pitchers; aggressive base running. No fear. Over 550 homers, I think when he retired only the Babe and the Hammer had more home runs. First black manager in the majors, Triple crown, MVP in both leagues. One Hell of a baseball player. Then cancer…
January 30, 2019
This is us… it shouldn’t be us…
Beaten, bleach poured on his skin and a noose around his neck? Brain-dead red-hats yelling, “This is #MAGA country!” Don’t feign shock and ask, “How did this happen?” You know full, fucking well how it happened. It’s clear as day, you either oppose this shit or you endorse it. Saying and doing nothing is endorsing […]
January 29, 2019
Mad Dog
There is this dog in my neighborhood, real pain in the ass. He’s constantly getting loose, starting fights with other dogs, digging holes in peoples yards, barking and making too much noise. One time he got loose and six of us had to chase him for an hour. We didn’t catch him, he came home […]
