One Scoop Or Two?

One Scoop Or Two?

A Poem by Pete
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He who distinguishes the true savor of his food can never be a glutton; he who does not cannot be otherwise. - Thoreau

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Man Singing Favourite Song into Ladle ...

when too many came
added water to the soup
then the ladle sang



© 2025 Pete


Author's Note

Pete
"It is unnecessarily to sacrifice the greater value to the less. I would rather never taste chickens’ meat nor hens’ eggs than never to see a hawk sailing through the upper air again. This sight is worth incomparably more than a chicken soup or a boiled egg. So we exterminate the deer and substitute the hog." - Thoreau

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Pete
Pete

Boston, MA



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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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