Dónall Dempsey Poems

Topless
& in white panties

the artist
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An empty white jug
in a blue basin

now
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SAMSON AND RAPUNZEL

Samson
wandered out
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Unknowingly, I approach you
not knowing what you are doing

gazing intently
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7 blue buttons
on the front of your frock.

You've unloosened
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The kite
clutched to your chest

as if your heart
...

Calls me up
just to curl up

in my voice
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THE LANGUAGE OF WATER


You wait by the lake
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The stars
finding it hard

to keep their eyes
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You cite
(how cute)
the example of
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