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Donal Mahoney

Donal Mahoney

Recycle Them

We worry so much
because we’re nice people.
We want to find a way
 
to feed the poor
house the poor
employ the poor.
 
No wonder some say
nip the problem
in the bud.
 
Pluck them from the womb.
Sell their parts.
Recycle them.
 
 
Donal Mahoney

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Analyzing the Election

A drunk on the subway tells another drunk something a bartender told him. He says if the rich guy wins, it will be the first time
Cobra Swaying

A rainy Sunday and Pastor Smith is in his pulpit bellowing to the congregation, “I hope you understand
Factoid on Vanity

The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,
Mixed Couple on the Morning Train

Because he works in an office and… and because she who tans anyway ha… returned from a week at the Beach, the commuters are certain she’s no… yet they rustle in their seats.
A Piece of Fruit Every Morning

This morning Len sections his bre… with the knife he bought in Paris… on his honeymoon. He bought it fro… at a street market selling every k… beautiful creations he said he mad…
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Concert at Bernie’s

When Bernie wakes at 6 a.m. there’s a piano on his chest and Erroll Garner’s playing “Mist… Sinatra’s on the headboard improvising lyrics
Sunday in the City

A lovely neighborhood this Sunday afternoon is rocked again by random gunshots. The shots make Bertha wonder, as she sips tea in her old rocker,
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A Husband Goes to a Flower Show

A few years ago Herb Adams, a plumber by trade, went with his wife, Ellie, to her flower show where many ladies and a few men displayed their skill arranging flowers they had grown in t...
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A Bedouin’s Hope Ignites

After the doctor tells Ahmad his test results, Ahmad says he needs a new place to live. His tent’s in ruins, Ahmad says. His body will soon shake a final t…
Observer of Current Events

It’s not de rigueur to believe he’s there behind the sun, the stars, the moon watching us
Above Bob Gordon’s Bog

The bog above Bob Gordon’s bog is where they found the body of an older man floating like a canoe among the lily pads. He was covered with crustaceans.
Oh, Really?

If you’ve seen a cockatoo up close in a cage or at a zoo you may have noticed how a cockatoo looks at you.
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A Not-Too-Jolly Santa Claus

I know this story to be true because I know Ruben and he wouldn’t lie even though Ruben and I have never met. He lives in Alabama in a hollow and I live in St. Louis. But that makes no ...
Biker at the Drugstore

It’s a very busy drug store with seats along the wall where folks who wait for refills sit and sometimes chat but as I discover you can
Bachelor’s Song

When will you understand it’s all about me. The world we live in whirls around my axis. Once you understand



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