Great Regulars: I started the rethink my situation,

and yes, in fact I did see the strange loveliness of it: after all, the bus passengers were all in that fix together. Needless to say, I felt better and endured the rest of the two-hour trip.

Rethink your situation, Mark B. After all, trees still grow in L.A.; the world still moves forward without complaint in the growing smog, and in a way, that raw endurance is simply . . . what? What do you think?

from Kristen Hoggart: The Smart Set: Ask a Poet: Insufferable

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