River That Doesn't Deliver

River That Doesn't Deliver

A Poem by Pete
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The flow of thought is more like a tidal wave than a prone river, and is the result of a celestial influence, not of any declivity in its channel. - Thoreau

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The Trash-Collecting San Pedro River ...

a dirty river runs by here
right through me
there's an old, broken, glass table and mattress box spring in it
don't get me started on what's in the water
even deformed fish need fodder



© 2024 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
“Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? We are determined to be starved before we are hungry. Men say that a stitch in time saves nine, and so they take a thousand stitches today to save nine tomorrow.” - Thoreau

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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