"I will have a cocktail of Bukowski's angst, Gibran's perspective, Blake's poignancy, Frost's lucidity, & Neruda's romance. Thank you!" But Life was no bartender. He was more of a gardener. So he gave me a sapling. I watered it, nurtured it, It's a poe-tree now. I'm neither of the poets I wanted to be. I'm my own seed, I'm my own flower, I'm my own fruit. I'm a piece of me. Life ensured that. Please don't ignore the desperate reference to Edgar Allan Poe here. The cocktail would be incomplete without him. #confluence #cocktail