Here Lies

Here Lies

A Poem by Pete
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Smoking, drinking and gambling.

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memorial headstone done ...

smoking coffin nails
drinking funeral flowers
scratching epitaphs



© 2025 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice. Goodness is the only investment that never fails.” - Thoreau

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"All things in moderation, including moderation." Oscar Wilde
... including Addictions? I wonder.
A sobering read, well-writ!


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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..