In Response to Wislawa Szymborska's "Possibilities"

I prefer hot drinks.

I prefer pie.

I prefer waking as the sun rises.

I prefer giving people the benefit of the doubt.

I prefer trusting that everything will work out.

I prefer sitting on the floor.

I prefer enjoying rather than criticizing.

I prefer friends.

I prefer kindness.

I prefer writing.

I prefer peace.

I prefer the path of least resistance.

I prefer open.

I prefer essays.

I prefer up and round and dissonant.

I prefer untuned.

I prefer triptychs.

I prefer drums.

I prefer ink.

I prefer in person.

I prefer outside.

I prefer oatmeal raisin.

I prefer mint chip.

I prefer unlined.

I prefer lists.

I prefer fulfillment.

I prefer not knowing.

I prefer the process.

I prefer the spontaneous.

I prefer beginnings that never end,

And endings that start back at the beginning.