Family Jewels

Family Jewels

A Poem by Pete
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The eye which can appreciate the naked and absolute beauty of a scientific truth is far more rare than that which is attracted by a moral one. - Thoreau

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Image result for naked old man in overcoat
'Come as you are', the family reunion invitation read.
"Hi", he said,
"I'm a physicist, your long, lost uncle Ted."
He unexpectedly added, "I'm nuts in the head."
I found it hard to believe that his sanity was really gone.
'Til I went to take his coat and saw that underneath ...
... he had nothing on ...



© 2019 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“In dreams we see ourselves naked and acting out our real characters, even more clearly than we see others awake. But an unwavering and commanding virtue would compel even its most fantastic and faintest dreams to respect its ever wakeful authority; as we are accustomed to say carelessly, we should never have dreamed of such a thing. Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.” - Thoreau

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If there is anything worse than a flasher, it's an old flasher. If there is anything worse than an old flasher, it's an old flasher with dementia.

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Pete

5 Years Ago

Lol. thanks J the B. now what was that you said, I forgot as i was busy fumbling with my coat ... .. read more

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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..

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