Smith Magazine is a very cool NYC based publication and performance  group
who work exclusively in six word fiction. I have been fortunate enough to have written for them in the past about my experiences and impressions of life in New York City.
Recently they requested material on the topics of Hope and also on Despair.
Here are a couple.

Hope
“Got pie?”
“Kinda pie?”
“Hoping Rhubarb.”

Despair

“Dr. Flatline frowned, not good news.”

by-Doug Mathewson