#knowledge-education

"Death is Opening Night Everything's that happened yesterday is a rehearsal for everything that will happen..."

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

"Catalyst [10w] You're not lying if your lie helps engender the truth."

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

"Oy Vey Haiku (g)Nat's sphincter clenched.The skinhead asked, 'You a Jew?Minyan's one man short."

"McDonald's I love and rescue stray dogs, duct tape Burger King crowns to their heads and set them loose in McDonald's."

"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."

"Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until tonight. Tonight I'm dying, dying, dying; before morn I may be ash in an urn, I know the light will return, maybe keeping ablaze its promise to others. Maybe not.If I had my druthers, the others would bedying, dying, dying, too,tonight."

"The Poet's Mind In so many ways I walk ablaze in a maze,my eyes in a glaze, my mind in a daze,this poem's just a phrase in the latency phase,rephrase, rephrase, rephrase..."

"Darkness Darkness is a decision the light cannot dissuade."

"Genesis {Couplet} God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction.Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction."

"Fucking 3rd World Taxi Drivers [10w] Taxi drivers have ruined more vacations than tsunamis or earthquakes."

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

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"Who Am I "I don't know who I am whenI'm not the person who loves you."

"Revenge [10w] Revenge is a long game;all you need is time."

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"I'm Not Skidaddling Down That Slippery Slope First you let sleeping dogs lie,next you allow all pets to prevaricate."

"Coins [10w] Statesmen whose faces are on coins are amenable to change."

"The Road to Poetry Hell [10w] The road to poetry hell is likepaved with similes."