Donal Mahoney Poems

Every day at noon
when church bells peal
Rufus stops counting his money
gets up from his roll-top desk
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The ISIS Brit
tall in the desert

blade by his side
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for Thomas Aquinas

Part readily the skin
and readily the pulp
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Dingle, Ireland


The bathroom carpet,
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Opal the widow next door
shouts to Hilda over the fence
as they hang out their wash
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For some, too soon.
But none know when.

For some she's still
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Every man
needs a cane
and a German Shepherd
to ford the mind
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For a year this image has haunted me.
Over and over I hear on the gramophone
Cohen put in my ear
"Feature this:
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Hands Up!
Don't Shoot!

Pants Up!
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Some emails
are more difficult
to receive
from a child
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