No More Toilets for Lupe
If The Donald gets his way
Lupe will no longer
clean toilets in America
working in hotels
following her husband,
Pablo, as he follows
produce ripening
on vines and trees
and in fields from
California to Alabama
picking peaches
and melons every day
week after week
during the harvest
for you and for me and
The Donald who says
if he gets his way,
Lupe and Pablo will
go back to the village
where a toilet has
yet to be seen.
Donal Mahoney
Casserole Candidates
When candidates stop
applauding themselves
I decide which one
in this odd buffet
of strange casseroles
is saying what he or she
thinks will get them elected
and not what they will do
if they are elected and then
I vote for the one I think
is least apt to make things
far worse than they are.
Donal Mahoney
I first heard about
the Seven Deadly Sins
in grammar school
back when kids
memorized almost
everything.
Wrath, Greed, Sloth,
Pride, Lust, Envy,
Gluttony skipped off
my tongue in third grade
even though I had
little idea of what
they meant.
As I grew older
and learned what
they involved
I came to think Pride
wasn't as deadly
as the others
since most Americans
inherit Pride
to some degree
in their DNA
but then I listened to
a political debate
the other night
and heard someone
with terminal Pride
preach on television,
someone who should
have been in hospice
rather than on stage.
As Americans we’re
lucky terminal Pride
is not contagious.
We know it’s an
autoimmune disease.
No cure for that.
Donal Mahoney
