Douglas Scotney Poems

Some sidestep the question,
Why it is we suffer.
They luxuriate in gain:
Eternality no matter
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Finely tuned
He topped his heights
With extra draughts of nectar.
He could see humour and sorrow in all.
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Finely tuned
He topped his heights
With extra draughts of nectar.
He could see humour and sorrow in all.
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Flu Theory of Failure
In the Olympics year of twenty twelve
Flu took gold in Australia.
With gold on the chest of the flu,
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Death's the comfiest place
You could retire to,
After all the strife,
Like bed's the softest place
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Among big banks in the usury business
Grew a greed for lucre so strong
It changed the way that they loved.
They married their sisters
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..Child sister brother lover,
Willing true their dreams,
Bought two one-way tickets to
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In the beginning was the love.
It oozed itself around him,
Gradually became his glove.
Warmth became addictive.
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Love alters the order of things,
Is honored by whatever it bakes.
Pyramid or sponge,
The alterings of love:
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Often met first with eyes
Dark mysterious crevice
Entices nostrils in.
Fingers, tongues, they follow.
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