#masters

"Idiots vs. Fools [10w] Idiots listen to other's bullshit;fools listen to their own."

"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."

"*"Maybe the whole point of my life is to make you feel more alive."

"Love vs. Honeymoon [10w] Love is what truly begins when the honeymoon is over."

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

"Tennessee State Motto Agriculture and Commerce.Where the KKK was bornand the most popular pick up line is, 'Nice tooth!"

"Pizza vs. Internet Porn I'm still debating whether pizza or internet porn is the best thing ever invented.I've already jack-off three times while eating a double-cheese pepperoni piemaking my careful deliberations."

"Indiscernible Love [10w] True love's so effortless, others can hardly see it's happening."

"Lonely Marriage is the best refuge of the lonely to be lonely together,and if it lasts long enough,take turns being lonely."

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

"Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there.A few smartass epiphanies,and something new in every brew.One final fix,voilà, the poem is fixed!I adore this caffeine,that alchemises the extraordinary into the routine,and vice versa with the unforseen.It turns blue aquamarine,and words into Mexican jumping beans."

"Minimum Wage [10w] Even trained bears couldn't bear working for bare minimum wage."

"Me vs. Me Only the practice of empathy and gratitudecan make the opaque ego transparent to receivethe loving light emanating from your soul.Hate and selfishness will always leave you'in the shadow."

"Steer Clear [10w] Avoid alliances with anyone who's more to gain than you."

"In the Porn Industry [10w] Lacking a college-diploma's more than compensated by a humongous penis."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

"Origami Master If you're the greatest origami master in the worldmaybe I can find you a job folding napkins at a restaurant.I'm not making any promises."

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"Vices [10w] Cultivate vices;to be without them is not to be."