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Donal Mahoney

Donal Mahoney

A New Etiquette

“One stall for all” is
a new scenario for Wilbur.
Thanks to his wife, he knew
 
in the past the right thing to do
but now he doesn’t know what
“one stall for all” calls for
 
after he’s through:
Is it toilet seat up
or toilet seat down?
 
 
Donal Mahoney

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Debbie and the Stars

She could sing, dance, and act but picking a man was a problem. She didn’t complain or explain just worked hard for the money, an Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Nitwits Like You

She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
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A Big Word Learned Late in Life

I learned a murmuration is a flock of starlings whirling and turning in the sky, changing directions in a second, flying back again, blackening
Vacillating Benny and Monsanto Max

Vacillating Benny, an ancient che… now retired from Monsanto, must de… if a poem his friend Ron has sent… is good enough for his hobby journ… Benny finally decides to let the p…
Parents Night

Emma used to do real good in schoo… her mother tells her new teacher. It’s Parents Night at Ryland Ele… Mostly mothers in attendance. What’s the problem, her mother ask…
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High Tea in Missouri

They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often
Waiting Room

First time seeing this doctor, a specialist. Took a month to get an appointment. The waiting room’s packed. I grab the last seat
Wife After Showering

Niagara Falls her silver hair so long it bounces off the swan
McGillicuddy’s Wake

Two new crutches and two double shots of Bushmills Irish Whiskey enabled Joe Faherty to move from the back seat of Moira Murphy’s 1976 Buick into Eagan’s Funeral Home for Tim McGillicud...
Lessons Learned on a Farm

America has two kinds of migrants, those with money and those with hope, a farmer’s wife told me the day I stopped to buy some eggs.
Looking for a Piece

Even though we’re getting older even rickety in some respects my wife and I remain involved in the joys of life.
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The Constant Dinosaur

Some day soon Wall Street giants will walk on their hands never sit or sleep. They will eat
A World Too Dark Too Often

Julie owns a cat that roams. Recently he’s been stopping at Jack and Brenda’s house where Brenda’s mourning her cat’s death. Brenda cries except when Julie’s…
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Radio Flyer

When you were a boy in 1948 living on a block of bungalows in Chicago right after WWII you had a red wagon you pulled behind your mother
A Very Heavy Trash Can

A neighbor lady I hadn’t seen in a year I heard was bedridden. Her former husband dropped by, asked if I’d to take in her trash… when I brought in my own.



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