Douglas Scotney Poems

I've moved.
To where I loathe
what they like, love and generously judge.
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A drunk footballer
bonks a dog,
someone takes a pic
and sells it to the papers.
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At 42, you know you didn't revisit
the walnut tree,
where you were so much your own master at 8,
because it would have humbled you
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'Pokies, plus...
mean a good percentage
of the compensation to the poor
for an increase in the GST
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On an easy day
back in Rome,
where expectoris
and expectus
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Emboldened from stats that,
with
or
without
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When we know the meaning
of only one word in a language,

Fufluns, the King of Wine,
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Who fathoms
that a sign with that warning
can't be for the wood pile it's on
if it can't be seen till you're at it,
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was dithering
about 'Deja-vu' titling his tome.
"Too short" he thought.
"With one word at the head
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Sema Siope and Sitos,
it says on 74
are Greek for Sign Silence and Food.
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