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Dec 2021
I'm torn between intense lust
and a vapid spent reality.
I live above a shop with my *****.
We play at marriage but know better.
My past vows and children haunt me.
When the bill comes due I'm spent,
nothing but debtor's prison of
my own guilt. I love in madness.
William J Donovan
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William J Donovan  75/M/Charlotte, NC
(75/M/Charlotte, NC)   
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