All I Need (And More)

All I Need (And More)

A Poem by Pete
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As to conforming outwardly and living your own life inwardly, I do not think much of that. - Thoreau

"
Small Rocky Pools at the Ocean's Edge �

civilize me
compromise me
memorize me
authorize me
equalize me
colonize me
hypnotize me
mesmerize me
synthesize me
anesthetize me
chastise me
criticize me
despise me
disguise me
dehumanize me
demoralize me
franchise me
scrutinize me
pulverize me
cauterize me
theorize me
french fries me
roll the dice and snake-eyes me

recognize me
revitalize me
advise me
resize me
realize me
capsize me
crystallize me
galvanize me
glamorize me
naturalize me
modernize me
ostracize me
civilize me
fertilize me
reprise me
legalize me
surprise me
downsize me
fraternize me
baptize me
circumcise me
analyze and advertise me
give me a nobel prize
all this and everything it implies
i need it all

and more



© 2021 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"I had not lived there a week before my feet wore a path from my door to the pond-side; and though it is five or six years since I trod it, it is still quite distinct. It is true, I fear that others may have fallen into it, and so helped to keep it open. The surface of the earth is soft and impressible by the feet of men; and so with the paths which the mind travels. How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!" - Thoreau

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What is the allowable time span here?
This could take awhile but I'll give it my best shotize-e

Posted 4 Years Ago


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Pete

4 Years Ago

lol. how much time do you have (neither of us is getting any younger)? maybe someone could form .. read more

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Pete
Pete

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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..