Envelope In the Pigeonhole

Envelope in the Pigeonhole 


This evening 
when I return to the hotel
I see in my pigeonhole
Angela’s writing 
on a yellow envelope.

What excuse 
will she have for not writing?
Too busy, perhaps, 
stirring cauldrons of soup
while the cats dash about 
licking her calves.

Or don’t the cats know enough
to lick at her calves?
Would that I were the cats
and the cats were taller.  


Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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April 10, 2010 at 5:29 AM
pensive, original, nice work! Donal! jimbo
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