May 2012
So what city do you belong to,
to what tribe, to what ethos and religion -
to what state, Diogenes?*
I have none
and so I am free -
but if you must have a label
to understand me
you might say: cosmopolites
…but beware of labels…
to what tribe, to what ethos and religion -
to what state, Diogenes?*
I have none
and so I am free -
but if you must have a label
to understand me
you might say: cosmopolites
…but beware of labels…
2nd in my series of poems on Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic, Diogenes the Dog...
