The Real Them

The Real Them

A Poem by Pete
"

However mean your life is, meet it and live it. - Thoreau

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I know the street people outside my building better than I've ever known anyone.
They're real.
True.
Despite all the loose phlegm.
There's less to strip away before I can talk to ...
... the real them ...



© 2019 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts." - Thoreau

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Added on September 16, 2019
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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