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I found out today he only lived there for two years.
And it was on another his’ property.

(Thoreau)
     (Walden)
         (Emerson)

                      Not his whole life, not his whole adult life, not until he passed.

  Two years (two months and two days).
     And that produced Walden; or Life in the Woods
                                                                   (draft one).

Squinting through disappointment I
realize:
two years was all.

Two years was all.
In a short two years
(two months two
days)

and we are gifted with inspiration,
with dedication,
with (sorry Emerson) individuality,
originality,
with Walden;
or Life in the Woods..