Beryl Dov

"Imaginary Friends [10w] My imaginary friend insulted me by calling me real."

"Clairol: Does she or doesn't she... ...take it up the ass."

"Dammit Goddammit' Defined [10w] Damned if you do and damned if you don't double-bind."

"Poetry Calling [10w] Poetry's not a calling.It's a whispering in your ear."

"Children Learn to Love and Hate A child understands love by three months and hate by three years.How the child processes that understandingwill shape his character for the next seventy."

"Cleverness vs. Crime [10w] Being caught's the only difference between cleverness and crime."

"Kill Buddha's Hairdresser [10w] I'd like to meet Buddha's hairdresser and shoot the prick."

"Underage-Killers [10w] Underage-killers like making a whooshing sound when they shoot people."

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

"Heartbreak [10w] Heartbreak’s like a heart attack but without the hospital bills."

"Be Careful What You Wish For More often than not,a dream come true is a nightmare-in-the-making."

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his universe,my Siamese bettais quite tickled pinkThe same thing happens when you fill my half-empty world with your love.Bai, keep pourin'!"

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"ESL New immigrantswho've taken ESL (English as a Second Language),will always misunderstand sarcasm ~but those fuckers sure as shit enjoy the prices at Walmart."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"Argument [10w] Argue for the sake of resolutionnot for arguments sake.."

"The Bard's Haikus about Haiku Listen to Shakespeare,'Iambic pentameterand haiku don't mix.'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise mannever writes haiku.If you tickle usdon't we laugh? If you wrong usshall we not haiku?The good men dolives after them; the evil'sinterred with haikus.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some scribblesome shitty haikus."

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"Delusion vs. Truth Delusions are what really set you free;the truth is a choke hold."