Sunday in the City
A lovely neighborhood this
Sunday afternoon is rocked
again by random gunshots.
The shots make Bertha wonder,
as she sips tea in her old rocker,
whether she should move.
Or stay and run for mayor.
Or load that little gun her son
the other day brought over.
People in Houses
twenty-four houses
on the same block
everyone inside
milling about
one lost a job
another was promoted
one lost a husband
another got married
one is lonely
another has friends
twenty-four houses
on the same block
everyone inside
milling about
no different than us
in houses like ours
laughing or crying
all over the world
A Hollow Tale
A mountain man is Fillmore
but there are no mountains
where Fillmore lives
deep in a hollow.
He's never had a job
and doesn’t want one now
spends his days huntin’ coon
squirrel and possum
and that catamount
lore says is black.
At night he reads by
lantern light with pit bull
Satan poised at his feet.
Folks in town know Fillmore
doesn't feature people
so no one comes callin’.
He feeds Satan
but not too much.
He wants Satan hungry
when the thief of night
comes through the window
the way that stranger did
a few years back and Satan
had a midnight snack.
Since then Satan waits
poised at Fillmore’s feet
primed for another snack.
Donal Mahoney
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Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
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