Beryl Dov

"2 Rules on Becoming a Good Poet [10w] Rule#1: Never write shitty poetry.Rule#2: Never forget Rule #1."

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"There's More Than Two Choices [10w] Don't take the road less traveled;blaze your own path."

"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."

"Sumerian Haiku Sumerian whoregrabs my wedge, says: 'I love aman in cuneiform."

"The Dangers of Second Hand Smoke "Second hand smoke can be harmful becauseif you don't put out that fucking cigaretteI'm smashing your head open with this baseball bat."

"Scientology [10w] There's nothing more oppressive than the ignorance of foolish belief."

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."

"Cancer [10w] It's odd that the cancer that kills you is you."

"In a True Global World... [10w] Famous people should be allowed to travel without a passport."

"Figure, Woman, Wife I study the sleeping figure,Stare at her sated curl of lip;Her lids sealed in dreams so pureMy love's secured from tip to tip.I study the sleeping womanHer forehead faint with sweatHer eyes wildly remmingOf adulterous sex, I bet.I study the sleeping wife,Her mouth faintly drawing breath;Her throat pouring pools of blood ~How I loved this woman to death."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Gone to the Dogs [10w] All ideals corrupt into ideology to sustain the social order."

"First Things First [10w] God created the possibility of absurditybefore he created man."

"Idiots vs. Fools [10w] Idiots listen to other's bullshit;fools listen to their own."

"The Jewish NOW There's no time like the present ~but in the future,who can say?"

"Fugly Fishmates For every woman that looks like a hatchet-faced haddockthere's an equally ugly flounder-faced man with even fewer prospects."

"Forget [10w] {Couplet} Let's lift our goblet of regret,forgive, forsake and forget."

"Your Poem A poem is a waking dream.If your poem is shit,then it was a fucking nightmare."

"Thai-kus From the dark starfishof the 300 Baht whoremy white sperm bubbles.Reclining BuddhaBirds nest in your golden ears.What wisdom they hear."