#knowledge-of-self

"Preparation [10w] Hope for the best, but prepare for your insufferable wife."

"Poetry and Dogs [10w] Poetry and dogs make the best companions.Don't trust dogs."

"Doldrums People who live in the doldrumscan't throw caution to the wind."

"Home Never give up a home for a house;you may never find a home again."

"Objective Journalism Foreign journalists will always compromise objectivity to preserve relationships that give them better access."

"What's Hot [10w] + {Couplet} We incorrectly assume what's hotis becoming what we're not."

"Bonjour [10w] You're more obscure than first we met,"uttered with regret."

"A Poem Must Have an Accomplice If you cannot bamboozle the reader into becoming a willing accomplice to your artifice and collusion the poem won't fly."

"God May Grant Your Wishes Daily [10w] Pray for sunshine at night and moonbeams when you wake."

"What Women Think Women don't care if you got a six pack if you slurp you soup."

"Let's get physical, physical [10w] All physical contact is meaningful,even if meaningful means sleazy."

"O God O God I love you.I worship you, I need you.Everything I am is because of you.Everything.O God I hate you."

"Enough [10w] Enough's the only thing most people can't get enough of."

"Small Packages [10w] Great things come in small packages from a geological perspective."

"Remorse among Thieves When a caught thief shows remorse he says to himself,"I knew I should pull off that heist differently."

"Talking to Myself I used to talk to myself until myself criticized myself.Now I'm giving myself the silent treatment."

"Hook 'em I know how to leave them satisfied and hungry for more ~with a carefully administered shot of insulin."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Rewrite☷Rewrite [10w] Happiness writes new memories;New losses rewrite over old ones."

"Poetry as Entertainment [10w] Poetry that's not entertaining is just a self-indulgent laundry list."