An Old Bachelor Reflects Poem by Donal Mahoney

An Old Bachelor Reflects



He should have married someone,
James tells himself at 80
coughing in bed with the flu.

He remembers very well
that Miranda was a nice girl.
She'd bring him coffee now

and April would too and then
she'd go and find his paper
hiding somewhere in the snow.

Jane wouldn't get his coffee
and wouldn't find his paper.
But love wasn't enough.

Thursday, November 17, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: old age ,single
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