Raj Arumugam Poems

Diogenes has traded
philosophy for riches
and poor Diogenes must beg -
for neither does he want to belong
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Susan visits May
and May gasps,
looking out the window:
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You know women
they go shopping
and they fill the whole trolley
overflowing
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by all accounts
it was a big hit;
the children laughed
as the adults observed
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And Diogenes is an outcast
not wanted by society;
his mind is way too far
and he doesn't belong -
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I ask you
Most Intelligent Reader,
expecting an answer:
What do a rabbit
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Yeah, the boss called me in
he sat there drumming on the table edge
with his fingers
and then asked me how long
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if you meet
a snake with fangs
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hey, did you want to feed
a clown?
hey mister,
did you want to buy me lunch?
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millipede me
with my many, many legs
and my head rounded above and flattened below
the universe conspired to make me;
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