No Forwarding Address

No Forwarding Address

A Poem by Pete
"

When it's time to die, let us not discover that we have never lived. - Thoreau

"
Yellow Trio Basket in Waverly AL - What N Carnation Flowers
a-tiskket
a-tasket
you placed yellow "reincarnations" in a basket
leaving it at the foot of my wormy casket
no need to blow a head gasket
just remember that before you do such things, you should first ask it
in the place that's the best
with no visa plastic 
lots of finesse
no stress
no mess
never the less

no forwarding address


© 2023 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"If the day and night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal - that is your success." - Thoreau

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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