Donal Mahoney Poems

After the Inauguration, perhaps
he will take his family on vacation.
Hawaii's an oasis during the winter.
But in time he'll watch for something
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Herb's a middle-age son with
a big family and lots of pressure.
Too busy to care for Mom and Pop
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It's a retirement haven
for people with money but it works
like a Roach Motel. People move in
but never move out.
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After Yeats and Heaney,
you wonder when the new one
will come galloping
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You can't vote for him
and you can't vote for her
and you can't vote for the others
you've never heard of.
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My wife likes to garden.
She's crazy about roses,
lilies and daisies.
She says I should get out
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Old Sol hires young Abdul,
a refugee, to cut his grass and weed.
Saul tells his neighbor Old Paddy
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Since kindergarten Darius and Clarice
have ridden the same bus to school
from the city to way out in the suburbs.
They're the only black kids in 8th grade.
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It isn't a flophouse
where Fred lives now
but he calls it that
a month after moving in
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