Saturday, November 4, 2017

Donal Mahoney writes



Drumstick and Thigh

Young Tim goes to Zaire  
to write his dissertation 
in African Studies.

While there he meets and  
marries a beautiful librarian  
darker than he is, flies her 

home to meet the family. 
Tim's father asks his mother   
if she knew about Margot.

Mother says she didn’t  
but she’s not surprised.  
On Thanksgiving Day  

Tim likes the dark meat, 
the biggest and meatiest  
drumstick and thigh.
 leegs

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