Over and Out by Donal Mahoney

Harley turned 70 

the other day 

and died 

riding his motorcycle 

through a pink dawn, 

an old Suzuki 

not a Harley. 

He hit a fireplug 

and soared, 

a missile shot

over the handlebars.

He never made a sound

landed in 

a rose garden

but never knew it. 

Heart attack 

while airborne, 

never felt the thorns. 

Donal Mahoney lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Some of his earliest work can be found at http://booksonblog12.blogspot.com/ and some of his newer work at http://eyeonlifemag.com/the-poetry-locksmith/donal-mahoney-poet.html#sthash.OSYzpgmQ.gpbT6XZy.dpbs