A Different New Year’s Eve
An ancient couple,
he's a hunchback,
she's a gnome,
in the kitchen play
a game of dominoes,
drink hot cocoa, eat
warm bread dripping
with apricot jam, then
off to bed at eight
and up again at five
for the winding drive
down the mountainside
snowy miles to church
on New Year’s Day,
there to sing and praise
God for everything.
Donal Mahoney
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Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His fiction and poetry have appeared in various publications, including The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune and Commonweal. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.dpbs=
An ancient couple,
he's a hunchback,
she's a gnome,
in the kitchen play
a game of dominoes,
drink hot cocoa, eat
warm bread dripping
with apricot jam, then
off to bed at eight
and up again at five
for the winding drive
down the mountainside
snowy miles to church
on New Year’s Day,
there to sing and praise
God for everything.
Donal Mahoney
————————————————————————--
Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, Missouri. His fiction and poetry have appeared in various publications, including The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Christian Science Monitor, The Chicago Tribune and Commonweal. Some of his work can be found at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.dpbs=
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