I have measured out my life in coffee spoons. From “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Prompt: With what have you measured your life? Prufrock says his life has been measured in coffee spoons. In Rent’s “Seasons of Love,” we hear of other kinds of measurement: sunsets, midnights, cups of coffee, bridges burned, times cried. You might listen to the song for inspiration and then write your poem. How about starting with Prufrock’s phrase, “I have measured out my life in ________________”? If you keep the phrase, give credit to Eliot in an “after” line.