Slobbering Tommyrot

Slobbering Tommyrot

A Poem by Pete
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Moral reform is the effort to throw off sleep. - Thoreau

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Awake asleep: Insomniac brains that can't switch off | New Scientist
(Image: Richard Wilkinson)

drool on my pillow
am i asleep or awake
what's the difference



© 2021 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"Whether he sleeps or wakes,--whether he runs or walks,--whether he uses a microscope or a telescope, or his naked eye,--a man never discovers anything, never overtakes anything, or leaves anything behind, but himself. Whatever he says or does, he merely reports himself. If he is in love, he loves; if he is in heaven, he enjoys; if he is in hell, he suffers. It is his condition that determines his locality." - Thoreau

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Added on May 23, 2021
Last Updated on May 23, 2021

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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..