Rational despair.
There’s no way that everything
will change for the good;
some things perhaps, for
the moment anyway. It’s
the big picture sucks.
Best hoover the rug,
wash the dishes, check email,
keep your lunch date—-or
make one for next week.
Or slit your wrists, whichever
works for you today.
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Tom D'Evelyn is a private editor and writing tutor in Cranston RI and, thanks to the web, across the US and in the UK. He can be reached at tom.develyn@comcast.net. D'Evelyn has a PhD in Comparative Literature from UC Berkeley. Before retiring he held positions at The Christian Science Monitor, Harvard University Press, Boston University and Brown University. He ran a literary agency for ten years, publishing books by Leonard Nathan and Arthur Quinn, among others. Before moving to Portland OR he was managing editor at Single Island Press, Portsmouth NH. He blogs at http://tdevelyn.com and other sites.
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