Character Flaw
Millie wants Willie to make up,
go back to the way they were,
be lovey-dovey, hunky-dory.
Willie wishes he could
but that’s not the way he is.
He has a character flaw,
permanent as a birthmark
his mother told him
when he was only six.
Some folks can forgive
and then forget but that’s
not you Willie, she said.
When he heard about
the crucifixions in Syria,
he said that's genocide,
plain and simple.
Willie’s can't forget
a wrong, big or small.
It’s hard to forgive, he says,
never mind forget ISIS.
You’re not ISIS, Willie,
his Millie reassures him.
You just have a conscience.
No nails, no hammer.
- Donal Mahoney 2015
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