Douglas Scotney Poems

what's alread-
y old, or
what we un-
derstand, or
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To be not abused
by someone
who gives anyone a chance
but then finds them wanting,
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Mindfulness,
powerful in Meditation,
found its meaning diminished
in a less-mindful land.
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When the branch manager
said he could do no more than care
about how his factory was polluting the air,
I thought he might be saying he was a soft bloke
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I like to think Energy-Particular Matter-Thought

is the combination to where we're at,
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the one who knows less
knows more of humility,
the other who knows more
knows less.
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People give thieves
what thieves
like,
to stay alive
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According to a Tibetan
whose knowledge is ruled by his tongue,
he's fine
when he likes what he tastes,
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'blanc bonnet',
to the French,
has a wrong-way-around sound,
like 'from father to mother I took the train'
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