Donal Mahoney Poems

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731.
A Good-Hearted Editor

He publishes poems
by writers who find
no publishers elsewhere.
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732.
Agnostic's Dilemma

The problem doesn't lie
in not knowing. It lies in our

not seeking him because
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733.
A Modern Fairy Tale: Trumpelstiltskin

Trumpelstiltskin is a fairy tale
not written by the Brothers Grimm.
It's written every day by Fox and CNN.
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734.
A Very Heavy Trash Can

A neighbor lady I hadn't seen
in a year I heard was bedridden.
Her former husband dropped by,
asked if I'd to take in her trash can
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735.
Amazing Grace

When Bill goes home
to the church of his youth
he finds things are different.
They don't sing "Amazing Grace"
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736.
A Hundred Bucks For Ear Drops

We have one of those medical plans,
my wife and I. The co-pays let us
see a doctor, have a procedure,
pay for medications. Can't remember
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737.
Bulbs Alive

A doctor by day
Ralph spends his nights
ordering tulip bulbs
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738.
A World Without Selfies

Twin sons
in different cities
decked out in new suits
fly home for the holidays
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739.
Another Winter In Chicago

It's just a flophouse
but it's all he can afford
and now it's come to this.
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740.
Always Close

They were always close
Mom and Faye
No father around
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