The Crossover

tip·ping point

[TIH-PING POYNT] noun

The point

when an object shifts

from one position

into a new,

entirely different one.

As in: My dad says the tipping point

of our country’s economy

was housing gamblers

and greedy bankers.

As in: If we get one C

on our report cards,

I’m afraid

Mom will reach

her tipping point

and that will be the end

of basketball.

As in: Today at the library,

I went upstairs,

walked down an aisle,

pulled The Giver

off the shelf,

and found

my tipping point.