THE SCOREBOARD

When in doubt

remember

there are an infinite number

of universes

in which

you don’t exist at all, an infinite number in which you exist

but are worse off than you are here,

an infinite number

where you are greater than you are here, and, by extension,

an infinite number in which

you are infinitely

greater than you are here…

So, don’t wonder what will happen if you die, wonder

what will happen

if you don’t.

Nick Courtright's Punchline, a National Poetry Series finalist, was published earlier this year by Gold Wake Press, and a new book, Let There Be Light, is forthcoming in early 2014.  His poetry has appeared in The Southern Review, Boston Review, and The Kenyon Review Online, among numerous others.