Diogenes has traded
philosophy for riches
and poor Diogenes must beg -
for neither does he want to belong
to any organisation
and so Diogenes begs
and this man in the street
says to the begging Diogenes:
*"OK, I'll give you money
if you can persuade me"*
"Persuade you?" says Diogenes
*"If I could persuade you
I'd persuade you to go
jump off the nearest cliff"*
May 28, 2012
May 28, 2012 at 6:40 PM UTC
Diogenes has traded
philosophy for riches
and poor Diogenes must beg -
for neither does he want to belong
to any organisation
and so Diogenes begs
and this man in the street
says to the begging Diogenes:
*"OK, I'll give you money
if you can persuade me"*
"Persuade you?" says Diogenes
*"If I could persuade you
I'd persuade you to go
jump off the nearest cliff"*
poem 9 in my series of poems on Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic, Diogenes the Dog...
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