#Master

"Rationalize [10w] Man needs an apt aphorism to rationalize his ruthless actions."

"Death Ride Denied At the stables of your agonyDeath brought his morbid mareTo whisk you from your woeful wantsAnd coax you from your cares.A ride you did deny this princeAnd bid him soft farewell,Hoping the morrow must be brighter sinceYour yesterdays were hell."

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

"Retail Haiku [7w] LollapaloozaLiquidation Blowout Sale.Everything Must Go!"

"Talented [10w] Being called talented brings with it more hatred than applause."

"Wedding Veil [10w] + {Couplet} A wedding veil's of no availbecause virginity's a fairy-tale."

"Fame [10w] Fame has a funny way of rewriting your entire past."

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"Unfriend Politeley Means"

"Bagels and Lox Life's an everything bagel;love is a schmear of scallion cream cheese;and lox, no matter how you cut it,is resistant to dumbass metaphors."

"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."

"Fashion [10w] Clothes makes the man.Fashion, above all, makes the President."

"Depression vs. Death Depression is anger turned within causing misery and hopelessness.Death is hate turned within until it totally eats you alive."

"Closets Opening and Closing [10w] + [10w] You can take sweet gay men out of the closet;you can't take the closet out of the master-bedroom suite."

"Unconditional Love [10w] If you're not giving unconditional love,you're offering conditional hate."

"Joussard, Alberta, Canada Haiku Love North Country Fair.Music, dance, artisan market ~a walk back in time."

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"Unwitting Measure [10w] + {Couplet} "You I love and treasurein an equal, unwitting measure."

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

"Dysfunctional Love We split up not because he or she didn't love us,but because they did love us in the only way they knew how."