May 2012
Diogenes is walking past
the crowds and the stalls
in the market
the butcher has caught a man
stealing meat
'Oh,' says the thief
'It's my fate to steal -
do not punish me! '
'Oh,' says Diogenes,
'if it's your fate to steal
then it's your fate to be beaten!'
And Diogenes beats him
the crowds and the stalls
in the market
the butcher has caught a man
stealing meat
'Oh,' says the thief
'It's my fate to steal -
do not punish me! '
'Oh,' says Diogenes,
'if it's your fate to steal
then it's your fate to be beaten!'
And Diogenes beats him
poem 6 in the series of my poems on Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic, Diogenes the Dog...
