The Celtics and hope with Emily Dickinson

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images“Because I could not stop for Death” is a really depressing Emily Dickinson poem about being caught between Eternity and Immortality.

And I think she may have been writing about the Celtics.

Because I could not stop for Death—

He kindly stopped for me—

The Carriage held but just Ourselves—

And Immortality.

Now, I have no idea what any of this means, but it seems like we’re hanging out in a carriage when Death comes and asks if we want to give up yet, to which we reply we do not. Death then kindly takes a chill pill, and for the time being we’re still headed toward Immortality.

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