unsought

On the 21st of April, only a third of the way through spring, our 88 degrees may have seemed thermal precocity, an unsought rush to summer.

The Sugarplum Fairy, after an unsought interregnum, is presiding over the Land of Sweets at the New York City Ballet.

In split screens on Fox “News,” online and in emails to Black male columnists, they give unsought counsel.

Like the hundreds of thousands protesting Floyd’s murder, this unsought public affirmation of Black people’s innate value — by countless openhearted people who aren’t Black — felt surprising.

Someday, Portland’s anonymous vandals may confront in their own lives unsought circumstances that require an agonizing decision.