Douglas Scotney Poems

'Even' is the title,
so easy it is
to see what Steve is.
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The eve of the day of mother

no buts
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but is
saying

'I meant to come here
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For this Australian
plethora of
you knows
I means
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Feed a cannibal well

Who have never had high hunger
heed horror of who have
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cubes
of fried pineapple
mixed in a bowl
with cumquat jelly
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When lawter and lay
are lawter and law
like slarfter and slarf
you law at
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Unconcern's a shrug
where the concern is small,
and difficulty
where the poem is short.
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Cynicism and cast
will decide
if a government
deserves to finish first or last
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Most cry
at cemeteries and shrines,
and hardships;
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