a good balance

when out and about,
and faced with the possibility
that I may have some "waiting time,"
I try to always have with me
a book of Billy Collins
and
a book of Charles Bukowski;

I carry the former
for reminders of reality,
coupled with hopefulness,
and the latter
for reminders of reality,
coupled with inevitability.



April 26, 2009.

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