Donal Mahoney- A Poem

 

That Valentine's Day in Manhattan

You're standing on a window ledge

on the 50th floor of your building.

It's Valentine's Day in Manhattan, 

clouds cruising, sun everywhere, 

a nice breeze tossing your hair,

the taste of that woman always there.

Do you wonder what happens after 

you jump or do you simply not care?

Does God meet you half way down

and say "What a foolish thing to do." 

Or does Satan appear and shout

"Here's the Magnus Doofus of my day."

Do you begin to wonder when 

you're a foot above the asphalt 

whether you'll hear the splat or 

do you jump and simply not care?

Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri.