Road-Smartness And Roos Poem by Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Road-Smartness And Roos



Move over Warren:
a road-kill roo is a wozza too.

Neither 'being' nor 'not being'
is in a kangaroo's mind
as it leaps in front of a truck.

A roo's mind ain't big.
Ontology ain't in an izza's mind
as it's wozzed by a high-rollin' rig.

Friday, August 23, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: death,language,name,philosophy
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
24.8.19. Wozza = was a; Izza =is a.
Tinnika told me she calls road-kill roos wozzas.
Garrys are Gazzas, Barrys are Bazzas, Warrens are Wozzas in Australia
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Douglas Scotney

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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