Snapdragons Crackle

Snapdragons Crackle

 
Snapdragons crackle 
in the air for Maura
and her flowing gait, 

a swagger neither Nora
nor Maureen would ever 
let a suitor savor.

Maura knows 
that in her wake
men with scythes 

and burlap sacks,
creep like gators,
eyes afire, jaws agape.

Nora and Maureen 
can smell these men. 
Unlike Maura 

and her flowing gait,
Nora and Maureen will smile,
take their time and wait.
 

Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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