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Donal Mahoney

Donal Mahoney

Domestic Terrorists

The ones we didn’t abort
we’re starting to euthanize
so no worries there.
 
It’s the ones in the middle
still walking around
we have to worry about.
 
They must go, too, you know.
All the guns will help.
And the heroin, too.
 
 
Donal Mahoney

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Driveway Cat

He’s supposed to be a feral cat and I’d never tell him otherwise but when my wife goes shopping he waits hours for her patiently on his haunches
A Garden of Their Own

Years ago they came from many plac… to study writing at a university in the middle of America surrounded by lush corn fields. They worked hard, became friends,
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Age Has Curtains

An incident in youth never meant to happen recorded on a pad to be read another time
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A Stationary Bicycle

The doctor tells Phil and his wif… he’s in pretty good health for a m… his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain
A Momma Cat Speaks Up

I tell you it’s not easy being a cat in Colorado especially on this farm where I stopped on my way to California.
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Memories

If one could store them in the attic without stir and turn to other things, to picking fruit, perhaps, or seeding it, one could afford
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Bumfuzzled in St. Louis

I don’t know why my wife and I are up at four in the morning sitting in recliners drinking coff… staring at half-hour commercials claiming to cure everything
A Fine Kettle of Fish

I don’t know if I’ll vote for president this year, something I’ve always done since 1960 when I turned old
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If There’s Time

It’s an old clock hanging on a wall in a small room on the third floor. We go up there
Prayer for the Priests of Mexico City

July in the streets of Mexico City: One of the women one never would marry. One of the women one sees
Auburn in the Wind

Leaves on a Japanese Maple dance auburn in the wind remind me of that mother crossing Michigan Avenue before the light changes
A Man of No Words

Virgil comes to group therapy every week in his pick-up truck with his dog, Buster, standing in the bed of the truck. The sessions are held for veterans of Korea and Vietnam. Quite a fe...
A Husband Falters

Better take his wife to lunch after what he said yesterday. A slip of the tongue. But where to take her? The Chinese buffet?
Chair Arranger

Homer’s a chair arranger who works in meeting rooms on 30 floors in a building tall as Trump Tower. At least it looks that tall to him
Blackbirds

A moment ago, in a flicker of pique, with a wave of the hand, I dispersed them. Glorious birds,



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