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Why Bother by Sean Thomas Dougherty

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9 July 2026

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Why Bother
Sean Thomas Dougherty

Because right now there is someone

Out there with

a wound in the exact shape

of your words.

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This poem appeared in The Second O of Sorrow by Sean Thomas Dougherty, published by BOA Editions Ltd., 2015. (Available direct from BOA Editions Ltd. • Also on: Amazon • Bookshop)

ABOUT SEAN THOMAS DOUGHERTY

Sean Thomas Dougherty is the author of twenty books. His poetry collections include Death Prefers the Minor Keys (BOA Editions, 2023); The Second O of Sorrow (BOA Editions, 2018); All You Ask for Is Longing: Poems 1994–2014 (BOA Editions, 2014); Sasha Sings the Laundry on the Line (BOA Editions, 2010); and Broken Hallelujahs (BOA Editions, 2007). Dougherty lives in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Source)

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