Desert Camel

Desert Camel

A Poem by Pete
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Oh to reach the point of death and realize one has not lived at all. - Thoreau

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down to the filter
this turkish twist of my life
ignoring warnings



© 2022 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“My excuse for not lecturing against the use of tobacco is, that I never chewed it; that is a penalty which reformed tobacco chewers have to pay; though there are things enough I have chewed, which I could lecture against. If you should ever be betrayed into any of these philanthropies, do not let your left hand know what your right hand does , for it is not worth knowing. Rescue the drowning and tie your shoe-strings. Take your time, and set about some free labor.” - Thoreau

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Added on February 10, 2022
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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..