Donal Mahoney- Three Poems

The POTUS in Argentina

With a smile, the POTUS

tangoes in Argentina 

while in Belgium and 

the rest of the World

people try not to cry.

Bill's Socks

Hillary was at the podium

setting the record straight

for people who have a problem

with the tone of her voice.

She said when Bill was 

president some folks said

she should have stayed home

and matched up his socks.

No way, fans in the crowd

booed their response.

But in a city far away

a husband at home 

watching on TV 

leaned over on the couch 

and whispered to his wife

he’d bet anything  

Monica would have put

those argyles together.

All Flags Flying

Wally and Stan

neighbors on the same block

for 30 years never

had a problem until 

Wally asked Stan over

big steins of beer

why he never lets

the American flag fly

from his rooftop

the way everyone else 

on the block does

on holidays especially

and Stan paused

sipped his beer and said

he saw no sense

in preaching to the choir

but when he migrates to Arizona 

he will fly it every day there.

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Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His fiction and poetry have appeared in various publications, including The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune and Commonweal. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.dpbs=