Douglas Scotney Poems

put a hundred and twenty two
on a shirt
then beside it put 39.
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goggles, specs: besicles
testicles: testicules
gazon lawn
aube dawn
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'Sex once
provides the queen ant
with enough sperm for a lifetime, '
was being said
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Against a long-standing 'foe' -
un 'ennemi' longtemps,
you lose your queen for a rook -
votre dame pour une tour.
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The least
is allocated to God,
who is never too busy,
has no servants,
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Dear Carl,

When I came upon estoile and etoile
in my Chambers Dictionary,
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Saying something's new that's not,
is bad,
if not worse,
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Feb Down Under
we all say
that the days are getting
noticeably shorter
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Nobody speaks quite my language:

Ob2 is 90% Lindt.
A lover of Ob2's a nobtoo.
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To get where you were going
pre affluence,
you went around the hills
instead of up and o'er -
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