7/28/13

On Taking Secretaries To Lunch
By Donal Mahoney


If you live in the valley
know the lava above
has the tact of Comanche
demeanor of dove
Hoe furrow
don’t sprinkle
your seed
then enwire
Post sentry
tall criers
Go home
to your love


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In St. Louis, Donal Mahoney believes that secretaries are to some men what whiskey is to an alcoholic. Any brand, at times, will do.