Poem- Sally in the Alley and Joanie in the Weeds by Donal Mahoney

Sally in the Alley and Joanie in the Weeds
by Donal Mahoney

Sarah makes sandwiches all day, 

piling meat and trimmings high

on pillowy bread she spreads  

 

apart before her customers’ eyes.

Hardworking men love her sandwiches  

and sometimes date her after work 

 

but none so far has mentioned marriage.

This confuses Sarah who’s as open

as her bread in satisfying men.

 

That’s not too wise, says Ethel,

a granny clone Sarah chats with

after lunch-hour rush.

 

Ethel says when she was Sarah’s age

women demanded a wedding first,

except for two legends she remembers:

 

Sally in the Alley and Joanie in the Weeds

were consumed by many men, Ethel says,

then tossed aside like sandwich wrappers.

BIO:

Nominated for Best of the Net and Pushcart prizes, Donal Mahoney has had poetry and fiction published in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/