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3 Poems - Donal Mahoney

10/15/2013

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Three Women Wait for the Morning Bus

One, a nun, has
her transfer in her hand.
She's silently praying.


Another, a hooker, has 
her income in her purse.
She's lighting a cigarette.


Another, a mother, has
her mind on her children.
She's going to work.


None of them knows what 
they share this morning:
ova ripening.


-


Windsor Knot

Do you remember how
to tie a Windsor knot 
the way your father taught you
on graduation day
in eighth grade


the man who wore a tie 
twice perhaps at most--
on the day he got married
and the day he was put to rest,
the same tie for both events.


Then almost every day for 40 years
you tied that Windsor Knot
because office attire required it.
Now you haven't worn a tie  
since the day of your retirement.
 
You'll need that knot 
twice more for certain--
as pall bearer for besotted 
Uncle Pat and for yourself 
the day you're buried. 


Both days your Windsor Knot 
had better pop out right 
or the ghost you don't believe in 
may drop by to show you  
one last time how to tie it.


-



True Story on the Morning News

This just in.
In metro St. Louis last night
a woman gave birth to a boy 
in the bathroom of her 
second-floor apartment.
The mother wrapped 
the child in a towel
and threw him 
out the window.
It was death on impact.
Officials this morning
are trying to decide 
whether to charge 
the mother with murder.
Some believe she's mentally ill
or was under the influence.
Others claim it was
a late-term abortion, 
legal although 
later than usual.
If charges are brought,
the Supreme Court 
may decide the case.
Justice Kennedy 
may cast the deciding vote.
In other news this morning, 
Chubby Checker 
turned 72.

photo credit: Ron Wiebe via photopin cc
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