#knowledge-teaching

"Reckless vs. Diet [10w] I live too recklessly to worry about low carb diets."

"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."

"To Trend or Not to Trend I've had a thousand trending poems,they were rarely my best.Evoking empathy and shared feelingis the poet's only true test."

"American Foreign Policy [10w] Foreign Policy requires dealing from the bottom of the deck."

"Humble Wishes [10w] "God, all I simply ask is that I become perfect."

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

"Keep Austin Weird Haiku Neck dragon tattoo, piercings, purple haired kindergarten teacher.Keep Austin weird."

"Patriotism [10w] Patriotism for the rich is a subtle synonym for profiteering."

"Family [10w] Family is a truth pill ~ just beware of an overdose."

"Dating Asian Her Kung Fu style was not too bad,but at doggie style she had me had."

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

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"My Secret for Out-of-the-Box-Thinking To help me writein my signature out-of-the-box style,I sit in front of my humidifier that I've filled up with Grey Goose vodka.My humidifier is now at Underwriters Laboratoriesin a 12-Step Programand buddied up with a de-humidifier."

"Shit Poetry [10w] Poetry without grace of expression is just so much shit."

"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."

"Love vs. the Three Headed Dragon In relationships, the corrosive venom of the three-headed dragon areindifference, fault-finding and 'take-each-other-for-grantedness'.Only these cantarnish the shining armor of amour."

"Iowa Haiku "We're not really dull,we are just misunderstood.Weed helps dull the pain."

"Hi-Yo Silver! Away! [10w] "Kimosabe, me wanna fuckum Pamela, pronto.My teepee's blue."Tonto"

"Choice vs. Disease [10w] People who label lack of control a disease evade responsibility."

"You Can't Win [10w] Every bitch is a witch;every wife brings you strife."