Donal Mahoney Poems

Brett and Amanda were
in the same wedding party.
He was best man,
bronze and handsome.
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I can’t speak for the women
attending this conference
on Homeland Security.
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Strapped to his bed
in the nursing home,
he tells every nurse
who comes in
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Professor Burns is interested
in macro issues only,
no minutiae for him.
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If you live in the valley
know the lava above
has the tact of Comanche
demeanor of dove
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When I was eight
I jumped off a roof as if
I had a parachute
and broke a leg.
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It's a simple procedure
I've done for years
many times a day.
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The lioness is wont
to practice no

hypocrisy, no cant.
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When she sees him in the morning he's
all foamed up and in the mirror shaving
so she stands behind him, saying,
"Bill, your father was a ladies' man-
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Today I've come prepared
I know what I want to say

For a hundred bucks
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