Poetry Can Create Friends With Little In Common Comments

I have an accidental friend with whom I have nothing in common except one interest that prompted our original exchange of emails. That interest is poetry but poetry itself isn't important at the moment. What's important is his most recent email which illustrates how two people so different can still get along—at least electronically—when they have a love of poetry in common. We have never met and it's unlikely we ever will. But that's not important either at the moment.

My friend writes that he has been watching U.S. athletes compete for a place on the Olympic team that goes to Brazil to compete against athletes from other countries. He says they "are giving their all to represent our country in Rio." He also says the Olympics are about "peace and security." I wish I could agree with him on both counts and I hope he is right.
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