Douglas Scotney Poems

When most of the poor
can't be blamed for their poverty,
Australia sacrifices more.
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We are growing too large
and are wanting to replace ourselves
with something small;
not so small
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2nd thoughts must stop some men
who know they might be shot
on the spot
without trial.
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'It's enough to be Charles Dickens
to get a word in a dictionary, '
I thought, seeing 'Ecod',
which was new to me,
...

if 'Addle-patitis'
is not a new word for Alzheimer's,

and if it's not
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The more who need help
think

that the more others
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Horse namers
happy with English
called the foal, by Reveal
out of Noun Formation,
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They don't know the scope of Freedom,
humbug Americans
who boast its existence
alongside slavery,
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Thinking it'd be odd
if his sensual 24 year-old queen didn't read him,
30 year-old Dickens titillated her with 'She touched his organ'
and added that what had been 'incapable of elevation'
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It didn't take long
for Gods with sore thumbs
to become Gods with touch screens
hampered by no such thing as 'unlimited',
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