#knowledge-of-self

"Senility [10w] Senility's like a bottle of Coke that lost its bubbles."

"Men Be Forewarned! [20w] A man caught in the embrace of the wrong womanis like having his penis caught in a bear trap."

"Alone [10w] Alone in bed because of three wordsI hadn't said."

"Sometimes Magic is What Disappears [10w] + {Couplet} Love's tragic, not ecstatic;with finespun change, disappears the magic."

"Consciousness-Driven Evolution circa 60,000 B.C. Random genetic mutation allowed homo sapiens to compete more successfully for food and mating rights. Just listen to girl chatter posted on the cave walls:"Boy, Uggh is hot. He's sentient!""Yeah. He doesn't need a club to get my attention."

"Chlorophylia [10w] + {Couplet} Few things amaze as the paletteof the autumn blaze."

"Self-Help I asked the bookseller,'Do you have any self-help books for addiction?'He said,'If I tell you, I'd be enabling you."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."

"Ars Poetica: Write Poetry on a Black Slate Poetry should be written on a black slate of imagination,the poet artfully allowing images to emerge from the dark."

"The Wonder of Wandering [10w] When you wander without destination,the world becomes your teacher."

"Note to Self: Patent #10w Diving Mask for fish filled with water when oceans disappear."

"Russian, Umerzhurnalistka Someone who too many questions for his own good. Literally, 'Dead journalist'."

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"

"Dull Poetry Dulls the Mind [10w] Poetry penetrates dullness when whetted on the stone of imagination."

"Nursing Homes [10w] Nursing homes are house haunted by the living and half-dead."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Expectation [10w] Eyes that see with expectation lieby not querying, 'Why."

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Rotaryrotatory In a universe composed wholly of revolving doors we'll have no need for gatekeepers or tipping doormen at Christmas."

"The Squeaky Wheel The squeaky wheel ~will put you $374.43 in the holeafter replacing the brake pad, rotorsand $500 with a new master cylinder."