The Peahen by Donal Mahoney
A dream wrought by curry
Somewhere in Mumbai
great fans whir against the ceiling
as the old madam reigns
from her rocker and has
the girls come out, one by one,
picks this girl for her own
won’t let me pick mine
from those she has parading.
Somewhere in Mumbai
great fans whir against the ceiling
as the old madam reigns
from her rocker and has
the girls come out, one by one,
picks this girl for her own
won’t let me pick mine
from those she has parading.
Donal Mahoney has worked as an editor for The Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press, McDonnell Douglas Corp. (now the Boeing Corp.) and Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
