Charles Harper<p>From: April<br>by Alicia Ostriker</p><p>“The optimists among us<br>taking heart because it is spring<br>skip along<br>attending their meetings<br>signing their e-mail petitions<br>marching with their satiric signs<br>singing their we shall overcome songs<br>posting their pungent twitters and blogs<br>believing in a better world<br>for no good reason<br>I envy them<br>said the old woman…”</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/isleofskye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isleofskye</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/optimism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>optimism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>worldnews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hope</span></a></p>