Some friends & I recently asked one another: what piece of art or literature can always get you to tear up, no matter what? Here’s mine:

… Life is short & the world
is at least half terrible, & for every kind
stranger, there is one who would break you,
though I keep this from my children. I am trying
to sell them the world. Any decent realtor,
walking you through a real shithole, chirps on
about good bones: This place could be beautiful,
right? You could make this place beautiful.

@drewbelf What a terrible, wonderful poem that is. It's on my list now.

Billy Collins' "The Lanyard" -- loved by many -- is a contender for me. I once convinced a group of moms to invite Collins to speak at our town's high school by reading it to them.

@JimRain that's lovely—thanks for sharing

@drewbelf love this poem! Thanks for sharing.