Write a poem about a couple going through a breakup, with the following criteria: - Must be non-rhyming free verse written in the third-person objective;
- You cannot mention the breakup directly (i.e. no wording about love, relationships, etc.);
- The scene must be in a public place;
- It must be realistic.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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