Beryl Dov

"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."

"Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag her husband about leaving borscht stains on the table linen. The resulting discombobulation totally messed up the ending of Anna Karenina."

"Fighting For Your Life [10w] 'Everything will be alright,'doesn't mean we stop the fight."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"What is God? [17] [10w] God has a fondness for cosmology and carbon-based life forms."

"Finish Off Your Enemies If you finish off your enemiesdo they wind up more charming and with better manners?"

"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."

"Il Principe 2015: Lesson 2 ~ Shit If you're going to run for public office,you must first scrape the shit off your shoe,or the stink will follow you."

"Hypocrisy [10w] Religion without hypocrisy doesn't exist;that's man's imperfection, not God's."

"Long Term Relationships [10w] Long term relationships should begin and end with a laugh."

"The Warrior's Way To the warrior,peace is an annoying interruption of war."

"Genocide [10w] Genocide is the runaway bride once death becomes the bridegroom."

"Love's War [10w] In love's war there aren't winners and losers ~just casualties."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"The Poet's Disease My body atrophies.My mind swells.Imagination's become my crutch."

"Me vs. Me Only the practice of empathy and gratitudecan make the opaque ego transparent to receivethe loving light emanating from your soul.Hate and selfishness will always leave you'in the shadow."

"3 Surefire Ways to Win a Man You sucking my cock made our relationship interesting.You taking it up your ass made it meaningful.You cooking me dinner made it lasting."

"Diet and Exorcise [10w] The most effective diet is hanging around with fat people."

"UPS [10w] Women at work judge the UPS man by his package."

"*"Maybe the whole point of my life is to make you feel more alive."