Why you should read Billy Collins.

Here’s a scratch. You should take some time out of your life to read Billy Collins. I don’t care which collection you pick, just pick one. You’ll thank me. I’m sure Bill Murray will too. Here’s a brief excerpt from his recent collection titled Ballistics, The Poems of Others:

Just this morning, one approached me like a possum,
snout twitching, impossible to ignore.
Another looked out of the water at me like an otter.

How can anyone dismiss them
when they dangle from the eaves of houses
and throw themselves in our paths?

I’m pretty sure if you read a poem a day, you’ll feel better.