Existential Exams

Existential Exams By Mark D. Stucky Math problems, essay questions, multiple choice, fill in the blanks… Many are the tests we take from grade school through grad school. We also encounter challenging existential exams, pop quizzes in the swirling whirlwinds of quotidian life, tests of character, of the heart, of the soul, that rarely have quick and easy solutions. Resembling complex math problems, they challenge us all to “show our work.” (First published in Solid Food Press, 27 Feb. 2024. See also my poems “Margin of Error,” “Salvation in an App Store,” and “Reluctant Rogue Redo?”) (Image by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com.)