'Coal Bins' by Donal Mahoney

​Coal Bins
 
            Chicago, the South Side
            long before Barack Obama
 
 
those I’d love see live
anywhere they like
are those so black
they up long planks
in the heat of summer
wheelbarrow coal
so bright it pours
in a silver seiche
down chutes
through windows
of bungalow basements
crashing in coal bins
of new masters
 
 
Donal Mahoney