How a Philosopher Looks at a Glass of Water

Some people are half
glass full types.
Others see the glass as half empty. 

I’m the kind of person who wants to
know why there is water in the glass,
and why there are glasses that can hold
water. 

Why is there even water at all?

George Cassidy Payne is a poet from Rochester, NY. His work has been included in such publications as the Hazmat Review, Moria Poetry Journal, Chronogram Journal, Ampersand Literary Review, the Angle at St. John Fisher College, and 3:16 Journal. George’s blogs, essays and letters have appeared in the USA Today, Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, the Havana Times, the South China Morning Post, the Buffalo News, and more. 

See all his poems on Tea House here.

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