Mindy Schaper
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ON THE INCOMPATIBILITY OF POETS AND QUANTS

I step out from the building in soft distress
And equally softly, rain falls down to greet me
Miniscule drops from a balmy sky
Warming my body from the chill inside
"Soothe, Mindy, soothe," it says
Calming me from the clash of heart and mind
Placating my desire for what I cannot have
Mollifying the tension between what I love and what I must do
But the rain grows harder as I sit beneath the canopy
The drops grow large and pummel the ground
And I know I could never stomach hard facts too long
Before my heart breaks free and runs to my love.



September 13th, 2018
After emerging from a business class


Photo Credit:
Rutgers Business School

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  • Podcast
  • Poetry
    • Black Cat
    • Open Hearts
    • Art
    • The Good Fight
    • Big Shot
    • Bitterness
    • Ethan
    • New Year's
    • Kindred Spirits
    • Daffodils
    • How Do You Love Me?
    • Crossing the Verrazano
    • Distant Love
    • Priorities
    • Fallen Angels
    • Somebody's Child
    • Cans and Cannots
    • Joy
    • The Written Word
    • Love On The Train
    • Stone Heart
    • Impossible Things
    • Control
    • Passion
    • Osmosis
    • Fire
    • Break My Bones
    • God Is With You
    • Imagination
    • Humanity
    • Camera
    • On The Incompatibility of Poets and Quants
    • Papers
    • You Never Promised
    • This Is My Prayer
    • Mile in Your Shoes
    • Trust
    • Better Man
    • Death
    • Time
    • Workaholic
    • Wrong Tree
    • Lying to Myself
    • Song of Ropes of Sand
    • Withered
    • Prisoner
    • Moth
    • Eichah: The Book of Lamentations
    • Kinah 8
    • Contrast
    • Knowledge
    • The Song Inside Me
    • Rocky Path
    • Venice (Travel)
  • Music
    • Dreams
    • Love Without the Drama
    • Dreams, Despacito
  • Design
  • Other Work
  • Contact
  • About