A Dairy Queen Moment

I love my wife
and so I licked it lovingly
at the very tip

the ice cream cone
she got me when I’d
asked her for a shake.

She smiled and said
that’s the way to do it
as if I didn’t know.

Donal Mahoney, 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 work can be found by clicking here…