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Poetry

Sour

by Emma Freudig

Should I ever meet Mr Arthur Schopenhauer,
(a man so incredibly dour),
I’d invite him to supper,
so he could come in, see my mother–
hands all a-flutter,
over the piano,
singing Hosanna.
And I’d tell him,
See?
Life’s not grim.
It’s really not so grim.

Emma Freudig lives on an island off the coast of Maine and is currently pursuing Legal Studies and Business, with a minor in Accounting, at Tulane University.