Douglas Scotney Poems

Not Once upon a Time
but in actual Fact,
You did It Yourself,
or hired a Guy,
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To build up my esteem,
be admired,
envied,
I thought I'd put all my talent for:
...

The careless joy of a kitten
finally gave me a fit
for a word I'd never fastened,
though it fitted well with 'lithe',
...

When it was 44 point something,
someone from Adelaide
beat up that she was the hottest city on earth,
proud to be -est,
...

Were you good,
you'd hate my film of bad:
its cruelty, hate, greed and lack of remorse.
...

Something couldn't but come out of all the right conditions
and, given favourable conditions,
something couldn't but come out of that,
something that cannot last
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Two brought sadness
to good:

the happy-on-bad,
...

Ararat wasn't happy,
wasn't what it was,
was ashamed how fat it became.
A TV game* came and offered hope,
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I normally hate
and try to manipulate,
hard days of extremes,
and wish they'd go away,
...

As little of our ideas
turns real,
no wonder we're jaded
and contemplate
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