Latent Heat: A Year's Worth

By David Fredette

"ALL OF THE ROYALTIES FROM THIS BOOK, "LATENT HEAT: A YEAR'S WORTH" WILL GO TOWARD HOUSING THE HOMELESS." - David Fredette

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 24, 2011
• ISBN: 9781456877903

David Fredette

David Fredette is now the author of three books; they are as follows: "Latent Heat: A Year's Worth," "The Jesuit: A Christian Gets His Wings," and this one, "Walk in Faith, and Eat When You're Hungry: The Jesuit on Steroids." He presently lives in Stamford, Connecticut, where he continues to write and drive-for-a-ride sharing service called lyft.com to tie financial loose ends.

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He Walked a Mile and Swam Back

He walked a mile and swam back.

What began as nonchalant

resulted in a rigorous act.

For, he was eighty.

I walked with him,

not ruling out the notion that he may be fading.

But, when we reached the beach’s end

we turned around and walked into the ocean.

It was at this point, he said, with his back stroke, Catch me, if you can!.

So, I used the back stroke, side stroke, and free style.

I made it all of two hundred feet.

But, that of the greatest generation swam the full mile.

by David Fredette

August 9, 2006

Shall I Cross That Bridge?

What started out as meager

Turned out to be marginally secure.

But, now I approach a bridge.

Naturally, I want more.

The steel structure spans over

A ten knot river, called A Humbling Experience.

It must be crossed

To reach the town of Competence.

This place of arrival

Provides much to reap.

Cross the bridge

And you will have earned your keep.

However, it is a rusting spectacle.

Past its prime.

It has a relatively low factor of safety.

Hence, poor engineering design.

If the stress on it’s trusses

Are to great,

The bridge will fail.

In effect, I will plunge into A Humbling Experience, and be swept away.

So, I ask,

Shall I cross that bridge?

There is a routine now.

Going to Competence is attractive, but a bit on the edge.

By: David Fredette

August 16, 2006

Leap

What began as micro,

May have endured,

And mutated into greater breeds.

A process made possible by a soul born to leap.

One could associate it

With that of the missing link.

Sophisticated, with a means to speak,

They walk erect, and start charging fees.

The crossover doesn’t just occur there.

It jumps from single to multiple cell,