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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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A chameleon amongst the stars
Unable to hide any more.
(It happens every morning) .

A lord takes o'er,
Reawakening fear of The Yabba.

A dark sympathy arises,
Containing all memory,
And generously,
Vermilion surprises.

Douglas Scotney

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Topic(s) of this poem: memory,sympathy

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after reading Baudelaire's 'L'Aube Spirituelle'.
'The Yabba' is the town in the movie 'Wake in Fright' and therefore a euphemism for 'death'...better than 'death' and 'Lethe'.
And my first use of 'o'er'. Does that make me a real poet?
Perhaps those 'surprises' include salami.

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