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"Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who wait, too short for those who finally find peace, but for those who love, time is eternal. For nothing is ever lost that God wants you to find."

"When you lost sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart (Allen Walker, D-gray Man)"

"Today I Learned: Delete Today I learnedwhen you delete stuff on your computerit still resides on your hard drive.It's sort of like getting divorcedbut that bitch still lives in your house."

"Nevada Haiku 'Happens in Vegasstays in Vegas', long as youpay hos to shut up."

"Patience [10w] Patience is the most technologically advanced form of energy efficiency."

"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."

"Opportunity Knocks: China When opportunity knocksthe Chinese make knock-offs."

"Lowbrows vs. Highbrows If you show something lowbrow to a highbrow does it wind up becoming crusty eye caca?"

"NOT UNTIL I MET YOUNot until I felt your sunshine,Did I realize that I had been in the shade.Not until I saw all your colors,Did I realize that mine had faded.Not until I heard your dreams,Did I realize that I was still sleeping.And not until I experienced my life with you,Did I realize that I was barelyBreathing."

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

"Too Beautiful for Words [10w] + [10w] When nature presents us with miracles too beautiful for words,it is either a mountain, a beach, or a baby."

"There's sometimes a tugging feeling you get to push further when you aren't being challenged enough or when things get too comfortable."

"Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distress.The fig enveloped all his trunkHer grip grew firm and tightThe oak withered in his arroganceAs she choked off his last light."

"Till Death Do You Part [10w] Marriage will indeed change people ~for better or for worse."

"United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste... ...and so is your paycheck,so don't waste good money on a lost cause."

"Measuring Love The only scientist who can measure love is the onewho's in love with another scientist."

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

"Siesta Mud tracked from the rice fields blazon a pathFrom kitchen to cellar escaping noon’s wrath.A quiet siesta to break the ordealOf scything and sifting and spinning the wheel.Half a dream later he returns to the fieldTo seeding earth’s furrows. massaging its yield.And when Sun descends gravely back to her tombHe tracks back to the kitchen, the cellar, his room."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Sink or Swim [10w] Lovers master the breaststroke, the crawl and the muff dive."