douglas scotney

Veteran Poet - 2,578 Points (boomer / Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide)

B: XXXXXXV: Out of Mockery

Out of their mockers
they made gauche players
and charged their own mockery
and their mockers'.

Submitted: Friday, July 26, 2013
Edited: Monday, July 29, 2013

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