#knowledge-teaching

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

"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."

"Be Careful What You Wish For More often than not,a dream come true is a nightmare-in-the-making."

"Err [10w] My dear, "To err is human — to forgive, to redefine."

"Straight Men vs. Curved Women [10w] 'Straight' men who approach 'curved' women must'mind the gap'."

"Hope for the Heartbroken A broken heartremains in piecesbut learns to love againwith every fragment."

"Poetry Trek: 'To Boldly Go Where No man Has Gone Before' A poet must get into spaceship every dayand launch himself into metaphorical space."

"Who Isn't [10w] Psychotherapy's powerless once you assume you're smarter than the therapist."

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

"Err "To err is human ~ more wine!"

"Poetry as Conspiracy [10w] A poem is unspoken conspiracy between the reader and poet."

"Err 2 [10w] To err is human, to make it a habit, assinine."

"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."

"That Jesus Kinda' Love [20w] What people do for the loveof their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,I wouldn't do for my fucking mother."

"Taste [10w] + [10w] "If you have sophisticated taste, you like what I like.If you're a Neanderthal, you will love what I hate."

"9/11 Haiku: Rudy Giuliani, Mayor of New York "Now you boxcutter, Iraqi Pete, camel fuckersreally pissed me off!"

"The Stink of Hate {Couplet} When haters write they raise a stink;must be the venom coursing through their ink."

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."

"What Women Want [10w] What women want is a feeling of security with abs."

"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."