Look it Over

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I leave behind even

my walking stick.  My knife

is in my pocket, but that

I have forgot.  I bring

no car, no cell phone,

no computer, no camera,

no CD player, no fax, no

TV, not even a book. I go

into the woods.  I sit on

a log provided at no cost.

It is the earth I've come to,

the earth itself, sadly

abused by the stupidity

only humans are capable of

but, as ever, itself. Free.

A bargain!  Get it while it lasts.

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~ Wendell Berry

(Leavings)

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