Tribulation

A Poem by Pete

Who hears the fishes when they cry? - Thoreau

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no one hears impudent tears

no one sees the effrontery of pain

or its evil twin hurt

no one knows their names

no one opens the door when they make their jehovah call

no one

they only listen to the dauntless dead of night

the conspicuous tutelage of life

the bearer of pall

with all of it's unmitigated gall

© 2020 Pete

Author's Note

“Then at night the general stillness is more impressive than any sound, but occasionally you hear the note of an owl farther or nearer in the woods, and if near a lake, the semihuman cry of the loons at their unearthly revels.” - Thoreau

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Added on December 10, 2020
Last Updated on December 28, 2020

Author

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..