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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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ils disaient,
les devotés
au chocolat,
‘il cause la bonne santé
parce que les boutons
don't pus
autrement
dedans habitait'

ou

‘parce que le pus
des boutons
habitait
autrement
dedans.'

Douglas Scotney

Friday, January 2, 2015

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Ready (for another bout of French lessons)
they say,
the devotees
of chocolate,
'it brings about good health
because of the pimples
whose pus
otherwise
inside
would stay'

or

'because the pus
of the pimples
would stay
otherwise
inside.

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