Douglas Scotney Poems

I do not take a stand
if I cannot understand,
but might,
and do if I can,
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I wasn't knowing
what to proclaim
as I did a fart in public,
when an angel of the lord came down
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Deux acteurs, elles sont femmes,
Deux sont hommes francais.
Une femme est francaise,
Une est espagnole.
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To give it credit,
the human mind
may be stacking our numbers
to increase the chance
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While Pliny The Elder,
around 77AD,
was thinking the China of his day,
Rome,
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A state's search for money let dirty companies in
and get away with dumping in their backyards
poisons that enter the water table and air
and hang around for years.
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Kirsten* Steps Up - A Hope

O-I,
suffering from bottles being too dear,
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Did you,
on the way to Kolkata,
travel back in time,
past remorse, pain, grief and crime,
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An uneven temper
will persuade itself
eternity is no goal
by setting a scene
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'Never speak without something to say'
is license to
as no-one can.
If you speak from an early age,
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