Two Mutes In the Press Room

Two Mutes in the Press Room


The two mutes we hired
to wheel hot type 
are bickering again

Their fingers 
quicker than beaks of cocks 
tear the air

with perfect curses
tongues never utter
ears never hear


Donal Mahoney
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Clark Avatar
April 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM
AHHHHHHHHH Silence is Golden!
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April 21, 2010 at 9:08 AM
funny
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