A Little Off The Top

A Little Off The Top

A Poem by Pete
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A living dog is better than a dead lion. Shall a man go and hang himself because he belongs to the race of pigmies, and not be the biggest pigmy that he can? - Thoreau

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Iowa-Minnesota, with Floyd (the Barber ...

i need a haircut
from mustached floyd the barber
waiting for my turn



© 2026 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see. It is only necessary to behold the least fact or phenomenon, however familiar, from a point a hair's breadth aside from our habitual path or routine, to be overcome, enchanted by its beauty and significance.” - Thoreau

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Added on January 27, 2026
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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..