Donal Mahoney Poems

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131.
Women Who Walk Like Men

They seem to be everywhere now,
women who walk like men.
With hair cropped in a paint brush,
bullets for eyes and knives for noses,
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132.
On The Road To Chicago

I sit on the Water Tower waiting
chapped hands in a visor over my eyes
looking toward Durham
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133.
Lady In Waiting

This beautiful mule
of a woman
old and balky
squatting on
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134.
Father Spoke In Code

Father spoke in code
Mother understood.
She would cry
once he went to bed.
...

135.
Armadillo Home

Rush Hour, Chicago


Early evening traffic's
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136.
Vacillating Benny And Monsanto Max

Vacillating Benny, an ancient chemist
now retired from Monsanto, must decide
if a poem his friend Ron has sent to him
is good enough for his hobby journal.
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137.
Concert At Bernie's

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m.
there's a piano on his chest
and Erroll Garner's playing 'Misty.'
Sinatra's on the headboard
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138.
Coal Bins

Chicago, the South Side,
long before Barack Obama

those I'd love see live
...

139.
Lady Goulds

Moving from Chicago to Missouri wasn't easy
but breeding Lady Goulds kept me sane
for many years- well, almost.
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140.
Whinny And Spit

When a man's young,
this work is hard
but it pays well
and he can feed
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