Well, I should tell you that I actually had other plans for the daily cancellation today, but then this morning I happened to see something pop up on my Twitter feed that was so bad in lane that I had no choice but to change course.

So someone named Vene Kishnan who described himself as a writer,

organizer, an attorney living in Brooklyn decided to share something that he calls poetry and

apparently Vene fashions himself a poet on top of all of his other self-ordained

titles. This particular piece of poetry I'm sad to report has at this moment 30,000

retweets and 20 million views. There are hundreds of comments saying things like

this quote this is heartbreaking and lovely and quote I would have cried reading this but I'm just

too tired to cry and quote it's fantastic and breaks my heart at the same time. And also, quote,

I've been waiting for a poem like this, whether from me or someone else.

So that's what the people are saying.

Most people are idiots.

Some people at least are saying that it's lovely, beautiful, heart-breaking.

It's the poem we've been waiting for.

It's the poem of the ages, the poem of our time.

And it's also easily the most popular poem posted to Twitter in quite some time,

which perhaps isn't saying much, but another accolade to add to the list.

Certainly you would hope that for a poem to be viewed so many times,

and for it to be reposted by so many people,

and for it to receive such glowing reviews,

for it to reduce readers to tears of joy and sorrow. It must be quite

powerful.

Let's find out. Here is the poem from Vanay Christianen, the organizer from Brooklyn. It's titled,

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