Douglas Scotney Poems

As ōs was a mouth in Rome,
and ōsculum, a little mouth, a kiss,
and a little mouth is a kiss for us,
and mocks, and probably mocked in Rome,
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I'm interested in your exploration
of garlic's contribution to sensation,
how it's connected to sexual fire;
how come without it I still have desire.
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...protracting his serial
to pay for excess.

With distaste but curiosity
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'I'm guilty, Sir,
of drawing out a tale for extra money; '
said writer Mr Winkle,
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...hands know early
they can kill their father
but don't
as they're not the paws
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I guess you know,
I've seen it in text
and hope it's out of copywrite:
once a liar always one
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I just knew
that a gem of multi-faceted text
like 'Cruel And Curious Dwarfs'
couldn't be free of flaws,
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To a wand
From beyond,
we're remarkably hard
to work with;
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Pote's an old verb that means poke and thrust,
just what a poet does,
but it rhymes with a lot more than poet;
so let's call a poet a pote
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Low-tone politicians
like Marie Antoinette*
are honorable
to not want us to know
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