Excavation

Excavation

A Poem by Pete
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Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Thoreau

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Digging Your Own Grave (Video 2009) - IMDb

they tossed you a shovel
then showed you the spot

you were oh-so brave
in that faith-driven enclave

your genitals shook

digging your own grave



© 2020 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all.” - Thoreau

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Added on June 17, 2020
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..