Donation

He says: "We need to talk."
And I foresee his sunrise betrayal: "Oh?"
Hair a veil over eyes, his lies, his face unreadable.
Delving into reason twists
His mouth chews on the words.
A greedy kid with a chocolate rimmed mouth
Shoving popcorn down his throat
These lies.

He speaks silence thinking: "Is she gonna cry about me?
What does she want of me? What does she expect of me?"
Me. Why am I not surprised?
And I feign a good ear, not a word though.
'Cause I can only remember hands and dew words.
Doing that woman bit, pretend I'm all distraught
When I wish, when I just wish
The fucker would deliver himself to another sofa somewhere.

He's a hopechest inheritance carted off by Goodwill.

Do*na"tion (?), n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]

1.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

After donation there an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.

South.

2.

That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.

And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. Shak.

3. Law

The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.

Bouvier.

Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.]

Bartlett.

Syn. -- Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.

 

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