Beryl Dov

"Renewal Cream [10w] The features of the human face are enriched by poetry."

"Gray [10w] Since gray's the 'new black' things aren't black and white."

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity is an insignificant zit on the surface of history."

"Ruth Whither thou goest, I will go ~as long as it's to the mall.I heard Dillard's is having an 80% off sale!"

"Penetrate the Mysteries "If you ever hope to penetrate the mysteries of the universe,you've got to buy her a drink first and then pretend you're listening."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"Wrong Number [10w] There is no such thing as dialing a wrong number."

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

"Penetrate the Mysteries "If you ever hope to penetrate the mysteries of the universe,you've got to buy her a drink first and then pretend you're listening."

"Pedestals [10w] People should not be placed on pedestals unless they're stuffed."

"Telekinetic Poker Players Telekinetic poker players have a tell when they're bluffing:they always raise you."

"Love's Reward [10w] + {Couplet} Love repaid is love's reward;recompense fair towards being adored."

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

"Knowledgeable [10w] The knowledgeable man inventoried and catalogued everything he doesn't know."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Family {Couplet} For my misery, family brings relief,tripling my joy, halving my grief.This aesthetic arithmetic's quite poetic,an accounting surmounting odds unsympathetic.Now there seems no hardship I cannot withstand,accompanied by my exponential, familial band."

"The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.At the second they took my valuables.At the border they took my car and my shoes.I walked barefoot the last 100 feet to freedom,and was greeted with open arms by a person I didn't recognize.In time I discovered that strangerwas the me they could not take from me."

"Stratospherical Poems [10w] Poets circle the earth in a higher orbit than readers."

"Deadly Sex Haiku Each thrust of his cockwas another coffin nailhammered in my heart."

"The Downside of Stuff {Couplet) I got what I want;I have what I need.But they want what I have,and they'll make me bleed."