still unanimously accepted 
as synonymous name
linkedin for his advocacy 
of simple living, 
environmentalism, 
and civil disobedience.

He Thoreau lee experienced 
depth of nascent 
politico-social despair
an influential American 
transcendentalist author, 
philosopher, and naturalist

best known for Walden, 
a reflection on simple, 
self-reliant living 
at Walden Pond, 
and his essay "Civil Disobedience," 
which advocated 
for individual resistance 
against unjust government actions.

Even now, I consider him astute
and without a shadow of a doubt
so would Punxsutawney Phil,
whose spurious reference

mentioned for no particular 
rhyme nor, reason 
except such rodent
will make his yearly prognostication
whether there will be 
six more weeks of winter
ably linkedin to Groundhog Day 
and doth boot
the erroneous presumption
that other species 
wiser and more wonderful
than the bipedal hominid
ought to be considered, consociated 
(joined, united, or linked together 
in close association, partnership, 
or fellowship), and consulted
like the Oracle of Delphi

ancient Greece's 
most revered religious sanctuary, 
dedicated to Apollo, 
where the priestess, 
the Pythia, delivered cryptic prophecies 
about the future, 
acting as a divine messenger 
from the god, 
influencing major decisions 
in politics, war, and personal lives, 
though her ambiguous words 
required interpretation 
and often led to debate, 
which at that time 
bestowed as the world's center (omphalos) 
and a hub for intellectual 
and spiritual guidance.

Faith in the intelligence
of other creatures great and small
unequivocally accepted 
within mind of this boyish
good looking ole coot,
who rarely engages in a dispute
though with diplomacy doth execute
the art of persuasion
against the topic that Homo sapiens
corrupted after tasting 
of thee Edenic fruit
essentially a metaphor,
whereby indiscriminate destruction
of once multitudinous flora and fauna
plus the very notion
of meting out demise to democracy
perfecting battle hymn of republic
at the same time
refining the art of warfare 
intolerant against differently abled 
such as eccentric, fool on the hill 
or token teetotaling galoot
who does not give a hoot
about being the laughing-stock
why sudden flashback didst
kickstart metered metrical foot

when during contemplative bout 
where might over-rules right
nasty marauding aggressors 
assail with brutality I impute
they slaughter willy nilly 
without giving a hoot
analogously harried and swiftly kicked
with barebones styled 
and lordly tailored jackboot
just for kicks 
and an exception 
to my general aversion 
to the cut-throat world 
of competitive sports in general 
and football in particular, 
I mention Knute Rockne 
(1888–1931), a legendary 
Norwegian-American football player 
and head coach 
at the University of Notre Dame
(1918–1930) mainly renowned 
for revolutionizing college football 
with speed, the forward pass, 
and the "Notre Dame Shift," 
he achieved a 105–12–5 record 
and five undefeated seasons

setting the stage 
when athletes receive 
bucketfuls and truckloads of loot

even jump-starting, fostering 
and conceding the point 
that any objection 
to reward pure 
unadulterated talent moot.

Yours truly experienced
initial existential nihilist crisis

when on the cusp of puberty
and I yearned and hankered
to return to a fictitious boyhood

chock a block flush with bliss
and thought starving myself
(courtesy Anorexia Nervosa)
would freeze getting older 
and retain remaining a lad.

 

Said eating disorder, sans
self starvation arose
without explicit explanation
this grown man tries
till he gets himself bluenose
to recapitulate an ill fate,
he conveniently chose

still baffled, thus
without aversion disclose,
silence of echoes
confidential matter
I willingly expose,
said trauma that
nearly did foreclose

emotionally mortgaged corporeal property

boarded figurative 
windows, whereat up goes

for sale sign testament to
recalcitrant stalwart hard-nose

father and mother felt
obligation to interpose

lest premature demise,
would invariably juxtapose

dealing mortal psychological
(albeit unfair) blow
to parents plus two sisterly kid-doses

perhaps family pets (cats and dogs),
whose meows and lows

punctuating equilibrium
volunteering, (when sui generis
gripped stranglehold)
spurring personal tragedy
with sincere manifestoes

(mainly not a verse
to dabble with poetry)

striving to cater to non heroes
to thwart tragedy, whose nose
(mine) sniffs fallout mainly upon me
woe begotten life somber
(time to cue oboes),
asper the plethora of
influences that predispose
one in the throes
of adolescent experiencing
oh ma dog...gushing hormones
analogous to young lives
loose then taut like mama's yoyos.