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Aug 2020
I'm my own worst dichotomy.
Hold me in your fist like mercury
I'll slip between fingers on the floor,
quicksilver you're wanting more.
I need to taste your secret garden.
I leave it empty. I beg your pardon.
I always starve for youth's pleasure,
old pirate wanting buried treasure.
William J Donovan
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William J Donovan  76/M/New Bern, NC
(76/M/New Bern, NC)   
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