Gupta-Carlson poems

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Possibilities in pessimism

(Inspired by a prompt to write an optimistic poem or a pessimistic one.)

A glass half-empty opens up a world of options:
Do we fill the glass with fresh poisons,
or allow the old to drain away,
leaving emptiness -- a serene space
that new life can fill.
Posted by Himanee Gupta-Carlson at 7:52 PM
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