Short Eligibility Poems

Caseworker Determining Eligibility 

		Cabrini-Green Projects
		Chicago

The child, age two, hammocked in the half
moon of his mother’s arms, is locked
in palsy, yet moves an eyelid as I ask, 
moves the other as his mother answers,
application form interrogation.
The father was a white policeman.
“Curiosity,” the mother says. “No more.
I didn’t go with him for money.” 


Donal Mahoney...

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We’ve got originality
and street credibility
in this sincere society.
If you’re in a confused community
filled with cursed celebrity
who’s got hot hostility
-We can fix your hospitality
with the pens in this poetry city
Yeah, we’ve got eternal eligibility
 A fair forte… a facility
built with trust and tenacity
…just playing with words… sincerity.
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built on creativity… originality...

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