Douglas Scotney Poems

As we are, we lie:

we lie attracted
to nice packaging;
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The beauty of
and fashion for tan
was driven by teeth
that look less yellow on brown
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...What was it that made a mind

of loose honour
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A friend from a noisy suburb

shuts up
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In a short game of tennis
where the first mistake loses,
the one who goes first
can lose
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One answer I know,
is that the dollar, though high,
is still low enough
to make bottle production worthwhile.
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...we'd like to see
what it'd be
like to be,
find out
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An MP,
safe despite the quality of air,
suspecting he's safe 'cause it's foul,
says, 'I won't be safe 'less it's foul.'
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My 1972 copy
of 'The Secret Agent' of 1907
was falling to bits by the end,
close to which
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My eyes strayed
as I checked for words
to do with 'cochon',
French for 'pig'.
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