Penny Ante Shanty

Penny Ante Shanty

A Poem by Pete
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What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on? - Thoreau

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Primitive Log Cabin in the Woods - Moss Roof (Overnight Camp ...

One window.
One door.
Dirt floor.
Nothing more.

Moss carpets the roof of my humble abode.
Crooked leaning but standing.
Seasons come and go.
With whatever they choose to bestow.

Snow melts and rain flows.
Sarcastic sun burns and plastic clouds dissolve.
Back and forth continuance of mighty day and cowardly night.
Along with fleeting visits by both wrong and right ...



© 2020 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed by them. Staying in the house breeds a sort of insanity always. Every house is, in this sense, a hospital." - Thoreau

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Added on May 16, 2020
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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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