Donal Mahoney, Poet The Stellar Showcase Journal ISSN 1911-1827

Stellar Showcase Journal
ISSN 1911-1827

2009

Spring Issue

Donal Mahoney, Poet - St. Louis, MO

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Donal Mahoney has worked as an editor for The Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (now the Boeing Corp.) and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He has had poems published in or accepted by various international magazines and other publications.

The Play’s The Thing

Every day
the same play.
The moment I rise,
the first act begins,
the same plot
all over again.
Only the actors,
only the scenery,
vary. Act after act,
no intermission,
no denouement,
it never ends.
Every night,
in the front row,
the same lady
in a plumed hat
shouts, “Author, Author!”
I smile, I bow,
what else can I do?
Finally, I pull the curtain
and turn in.