Sunday, January 11, 2015

Donal Mahoney- Three Poems


Agnostic Afloat

You were a good boy,
following your parents' advice,
never going out in the rain.

At the sound of rain
you dove under the bed,
bawled and shouted,

“Come out, come out 
wherever you are"
but no one came out,
not even you.

When your parents died
your uncle gave you 
boots and a bumbershoot
and out you went 
whatever the weather. 

The rain in Spring you found
a wonderful thing and not 
so bad in Summer either
until the flood roared in
and you floated away.

Noah and his ark sailed by, 
Noah on deck 
between two giraffes 
smiling and shouting,

“Come out, come out 
wherever you are"
but no one came out,
not even you.



Different Sides of Same Coin

Hands Up!
Don’t Shoot!

Pants Up!
Don’t Loot!



Conundrum

Paddy believes 
in something he 
has never seen.

So when I ask him why 
he won't look for it, he says 
“Because it’s here.

Mick believes
in nothing he 
hasn’t ever seen.

So when I ask him why 
he won't look for it, he says 
“Because it isn't there.

So I ask Mick if he 
would ever look where
Paddy says it is 

and Mick says  
"Paddy's full of it. 
Why look there.


Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
 

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