I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.
I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed.
We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half full. In America your chance to fill your glass the rest of the way up is greater than it is anyplace else on this planet.

