Discovery
Better a nation
have a demagogue
step into the sun
and tell its people
what a sleepy man
discovers flicking
on the bathroom light
and there's a roach
running in the tub
shiny as a silver dollar
but still a roach
despite the sheen.
In camps in Hungary
Syrian refugees squat in mud.
Let them board trains
and go to Germany
where old camps
need dusting but
the bunk beds are there
along with ovens to light
if winter comes.
Shrine for a Bully
Very late in life bullets answered jeers
Paul once used to tease a little boy
coming home from school.
Little boy grew up and found Paul
and put a bullet in his temple
as the sun danced on the barrel.
Friends brought flowers, built a shrine,
gathered in a circle and prayed
after the ambulance took Paul away.
Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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