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Henry David


After reading Henry David
I'm convinced I could make it
If I moved into the woods
Yes, I believe I could
I would take only necessities
Along with me into the trees
Follow his economy
And live there, quite happily

        And I would leave
        All that I believed I would need
        And I know now
        All I need will be supplied somehow

I would take Romantics to read
And grow only enough to feed
Myself, with something supplemental
And I would feel quite transcendental
I would carve my own tool handles
Read only by the light of candles
I would take a different path each day
So as to not wear one away

If you came to visit me
We could sit and drink some tea
From the only two cups I'd own
From inside my very modest home

© André Villoch
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