Donal Mahoney Poet Free verse

St. Peter's In the Loop

St. Peter’s in the Loop

		Chicago

Two minutes more, Father Cal, 
and you will hear another 
of my strange confessions.
Right now, I’m outside
watching the rain 
run on my glasses
in rills.
Once again I’ll confess
the usual stuff
with a few variations,
none essential, all accidental, 
the same plot, the same ploys,
the same frenetic tale
I have always to tell.
Next week, though, 
it will be different.  
Next week, I’ll say, 
“Father Cal, it is I.
You know the rest.”
Next week, I won’t make
a long list in the grill
across from St. Peter’s.
I’ll swig on a milkshake instead.
Father Cal, you and I will both profit.


Donal Mahoney


Author's Note: When I do not hold the copyright to a poem, I have to publish the credit line whenever the 
poem appears elsewhere. 

“St. Peter’s in the Loop” 
U.S. Catholic Magazine 
205 W. Monroe St.
Chicago, IL 60606
February 2009
Vol. 74, No. 2., p. 51

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