Douglas Scotney Poems

I'd flicked through 'The Naked and the Dead'
But hadn't ever read it.
I saw a Mailer under ROMANCE
That I couldn't credit.
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Out of nothing but a need
From sense unsatisfying
Thought arose
Found its order gratifying.
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Some sidestep the question,
Why it is we suffer.
They luxuriate in gain:
Eternality no matter
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Finely tuned
He topped his heights
With extra draughts of nectar.
He could see humour and sorrow in all.
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Finely tuned
He topped his heights
With extra draughts of nectar.
He could see humour and sorrow in all.
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Flu Theory of Failure
In the Olympics year of twenty twelve
Flu took gold in Australia.
With gold on the chest of the flu,
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Among big banks in the usury business
Grew a greed for lucre so strong
It changed the way that they loved.
They married their sisters
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Shocked!
As I was
To hear an unknown known voice
Inviting me to message
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Death's the comfiest place
You could retire to,
After all the strife,
Like bed's the softest place
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Often met first with eyes
Dark mysterious crevice
Entices nostrils in.
Fingers, tongues, they follow.
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