#masters

"The Gypsy Jackpot An ambulance, a police car and a fire truck parked in front of a gypsy's trailer can only mean one thing ~ insurance scam!"

"Pushkin When Pushkin came to Shovekin all hell broke loose."

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

"BFF, My Ass ~ It's a Jungle Out There! About one-third of all marriages are procured by sabotaging your best friend's happiness."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Ineffable Poetry A good poem goes beyond the physics of our world;it can't be quantified; it's an ineffable voice that speak directly to our soul,bypassing the laws of this world."

"Madness [10w] Madness isn't an objective state,it is a cultural bias."

"An Enirely Different Matter [10W] Four states of matter:solid, liquid, gasand ffuzzy-wuzzy."

"River Mountain Ocean [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} Rivers delight in their flow;Mountains savor their snow.But oceans are in concurrencetheir contentment comes from recurrence."

"Immortality [10w] True immortality means you've created something that will outlive you."

"Gained in Translation [10w] In timeless truths there's more gained than lost in translation."

"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."

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

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

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

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"Detonation vs. Pre-Ignition [10w] Poets have thin skins;physicists call this differential burn rates."

"Biggest Problem with 10w [10w] The biggest problem with aphorisms is people believe they're true."

"Hearts Hearts of hope and of promiseHearts filled with dreams and whim,These are the hearts of loversUnguarded,Standing out on a limb.Hearts unmended and brokenHearts scarred to stone and steel,These are the hearts of loversArmored,Being unable to feel."

"Diana Sporting a Remington Sendero SF II {Couplet} Over one shoulder hung a rifle, over the other swung a brace of pheasants;She was a no-nonsense breed of sniper, a viper with no time for fangs of conscience."