POEM: Delayed Gratification

Published 14 April 2023 by Jason Crane

Delayed Gratification

To think daily of the end
without acting to hasten it —
like the experiment in which
a child is given a marshmallow
but told if it waits five minutes
it can have two marshmallows —
will this make the darkness sweeter?

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14 April 2023
Charlottesville VA