Two Veterans
Both of them
had been to Korea.
Both of them
had made it back.
One found a job
and was now retired.
The other one never had
a job that lasted.
One of them had
a very nice home.
The other one
cut his grass.
But this year
somebody stole
the old mower’s
clunker machine
and he couldn’t
afford a new one.
So the customer
bought him a new one
over loud objections
from the mower.
The customer said
they’d call it reparations.
Donal Mahoney
