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May 2012
A man comes
from the next city
seeking Diogenes
'O Diogenes,
I have come in search
Of wisdom…
Can you write me a Book
and give that to me
so that I can cherish wisdom
all my life?'


'You fool!' says Diogenes
*'If you were hungry
you would not eat the painting
of a meal but the food itself -
and yet you seek the Book
but not the wisdom…
Discard the Book;
see the truth!'
poem 8 in my series of poems on Diogenes of Sinope, Diogenes the Cynic, Diogenes the Dog...
Raj Arumugam
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Raj Arumugam  Australia
(Australia)   
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