Another Four Years
You can learn a lot,
both true and false,
in a dingy all-night diner
where old men gather
at a table in back
drinking coffee
holding loud debates
for counter folk not
interested in their wisdom
amassed over many years.
The men say they don’t know
who’ll win the election
but they all agree
the voters must choose
between a devil they know
and a devil they don’t
then live in Hades
another four years.
Donal Mahoney
