Relationships – Deuxiemepeau Poetry by Damien B. Donnelly

TIME ON THE TIDE, PART 1; AND SO WE BEGIN

And so we begin; the light freshly falling on newfound flesh, clouds breaking over a sea breeze gliding in over giddy grass, a giggle in its thrill, bright bodies bending lending limbs to longing, every touch a tiny tickle as naked truths twist and turn; turn on, turn hot while hands draw hope as […]

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I CAME TO THE CITY, PART 18; TRAVELOGUE

I In the park bodies are bare and bending in sweaty forms, see the skin still salivating as if fresh from the frolics, when we were fondled and found, some born to be bound and then others; fickle fools thinking thrusts were as true as trust. But truth is told only in time; touch […]

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BITTER CHOCOLATE

I wanted to write you a valentine, Valentine, now that it’s now longer Valentines, now that you’re no longer my valentine. I’m sending you a card, along with chocolates, to balance your bitterness, like the ones you never sent. If you were now my valentine I’d eat you like chocolates, I’d suck, seduce and […]

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THE OCEAN THAT DRAINS THE DESERT

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NON PLUS

Between je t’aime and je t’aime, moi non plus there is so much more than love and hate; I love you I put my trust in you I thrust myself into you I lost my thrust in you I hate you, je t’aime, moi non plus, I love you I ache for you my limbs […]

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METROPOLIS

We saw you that day, a world away from today, in a gentler time, when your towers of trade still stood, we saw you in your brown stones and running shoes, always running, always pacing, always off somewhere; somewhere newer, someplace shinier, somewhere brighter, someplace bigger and we felt so small, so new to it […]

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BY A MOMENT IN TIME

What do you see in me, As your eyes bore into me, Review me, regard me? Are you looking at me, within For a version of yourself, without? A comfort, consolation, connection? Am I your opposite or your equal, Your reflection or your desire? What subtle certainly sways you To share your secrets, so suddenly, […]

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Not One Fucking Tear

Fuck it! Fuck it, I keep saying To myself In the place of Bashing skull against wall. Fuck it, I stripped it all down for you, Laid it physically And mentally Bare And emptied myself Of all my silly secrets And petty principles And all for this- This insipid accomplishment of nothingness- The fucking empty […]

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We Never Saw Forever

No more sorrys, No more words No more time. No more pretending That this is working Our days are gone. No more waiting For those calls That seldom came. No more arms Wrapped around me While I sleep. No more breath Upon my shoulder As I dream. No more questions For our future We […]

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A SCENT OF THE PAST

I caught your scent on the breeze today as a stranger passed me on a foreign street, in a foreign land and I fell, a decade in the passing, till there you were; beside me, behind me, inside me, piercing my memory with Parisian pleasures, show-tunes and sunflowers on this foreign street, in this […]