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William J Donovan
75/M/Charlotte, NC
Writing poetry now feels like I'm cutting me with a razor so I can feel again.
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William J Donovan
William J Donovan
Dec 2024
Loveless Marriage
Bottle thuds
cap clatters
Drink the suds
nothing matters.
Bathroom sounds
destroy fantasies
no decent bounds
marriage freeze.
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William J Donovan
Dec 2024
I Found Myself
Hungover on a bench
in our own Eden Park
smell of the beauty sins
from screams in the dark.
Pretend marriage in flight
never able to lose the night.
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William J Donovan
Dec 2024
Centerfold
Your flesh so inviting
but we kept on fighting
******* until I was bored.
Lust beheaded by my sword.
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William J Donovan
Dec 2024
Almost Blue
Am I your lover?
Or pretend Mother?
Criticize and flatter
find war's splatter
on the kitchen wall
wake in shame all.
Perfect hair perfected
my children neglected.
We'll always own stain
and confused love pain.
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William J Donovan
Dec 2024
With a Purring Cat on My Lap
I'll let my bladder
leak and explode,
ignore the sirens'
song from a road.
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William J Donovan
Dec 2024
Puberty
Hormones
pheromones
sexting on our
cell phones.
Calling from
a phone booth
talking for hours
Love is our proof.
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