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Donal Mahoney

Donal Mahoney

About Anything

Ten years later
he still mourns the death
of his friend, Bill,
 
such a smart man
he could talk to
about anything
 
without disagreement
such a smart man
they agreed
 
about everything
no one else like him
anywhere in the world
 
 
Donal Mahoney

Otras obras de Donal Mahoney...
Pygmies and the Dalai Lama

I don’t know the answer but perhaps the Dalai Lama knows the final resting place of pygmies who live in jungles unexplored and never hear a sermon from
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After Services

After services on Sunday the old Marlboro man puts his Bible under his arm and talks to his pastor through a hole in his neck.
Funeral in Mississippi

Roscoe and two cousins rented a va… and drove to Mississippi for the f… of another cousin they grew up wit… It took six hours to get where three old men didn’t want to go
When Sparrows Matter More

Find the book and blow the dust off. It’s somewhere in the house.
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Cats Are Poetry

In your mind you hear words snarling all day long but no poem arrives. The words are locked
Venus Calling Mars at Midnight

Millie calls the hotel at midnight to tell Willie he didn’t do anythi… It’s the way he didn’t do anything… that’s the problem because a man d… send a girl yellow roses on Valent…
It’s Best to Leave Cootie Alone

“Damn the vernal equinox! Full speed ahead!” is all that Cootie Murphy would ever say when he sat on the last stool at the end of the bar in The Stag & Doe Inn. He wouldn’t say it very ...
Nitwits Like You

She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
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Sundays with Walter

On Sundays Walter gives Pastor J… magazines to read along with comments on his sermons. The pastor loves the magazines but Walter is leaving for another…
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A Maintenance Problem

Take it from Martin, if you live in an old house, as much as you love it, bad things happen Despite maintenance,
Crosses in the Park

Phil went to Memorial Park yester… on his crutches and saw new crosse… in the ground commemorating vetera… Must be a hundred more than last y… HIs brother’s cross is there, in…
Parachutes

First leaves of autumn. Slow parachutes this morning almost at the curb. Donal Mahoney
One Must Be Careful

Someone you respect does something that sticks in your craw like a fish bone dining in a crab shack. You try to cough it up
A Whetstone for the Mind

Sam’s collected knives for 50 year… and has 200, maybe more, relics from the Civil War and before. Someone gave him his first knife when he was 30 as a gift but
How Pa and Ma Met in the City

The story goes Pa met Ma in the city when he drove a truckload of pigs to market. She was the young waitress who served him cup after cup of coffee and gave him three eggs instead of ju...



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