Two men tall,
one from here
and one from there,
in raincoats
at a bus stop,
pace and stare.
One of them
is soaked in tea,
brisk man from Jaipur
who semaphores
an anthracitic glare.
To barter for a smile
an alien’s obeisance
he, no fawn,
refuses.
The other man,
white cane and dog,
doesn’t seem to care.
Author's Bio:
Author's Bio:
Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri, where it can be difficult to find a good plate of Aloo Gobi. He has had poems published in a variety of print and online journals, including Public Republic (Bulgaria), Revival (Ireland), The Istanbul Literary Review (Turkey), The Osprey Journal (Scotland), Pirene's Fountain (Australia), The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, and The Beloit Poetry Journal.To download in PDF, click Poem by Donal Mahoney
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