#Meditation

"The Rubik's Cube of Omár my Mán A Key of Coke underneath the Bough,A Jug of Jack, a Brick of Hash ~ Newsflash:'Now who the fuck needs Thou'."

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"Objective Journalism Foreign journalists will always compromise objectivity to preserve relationships that give them better access."

"Breaking with Tradition is Tradition You can take the poem outside of tradition,but you can't take tradition out of the poem."

"Relatively Speaking [10w] The irony about 'relativism theories' is that they're relative too."

"Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distress.The fig enveloped all his trunkHer grip grew firm and tightThe oak withered in his arroganceAs she choked off his last light."

"That's why it's called a practice. We have to practice a practice if it is to be of value."

"Imaginary Friends When my childhood imaginary friend got mad at mehe insulted me by calling me 'real'."

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

"Present {Couplet} Our present is the dissipating despair of our past mingled with the promise of our future we hope will last."

"New York Haiku "My monthly rent checkis more than you will make inyour fucking lifetime."

"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."

"Moment of Truth 'Moment of truth' is derived fromthe Spanish momento de la verdad, that Hemingway epiphanous moment when the matador is about to kill the bull. Now it means the moment you realize you won't make it back to the parking meter before it expires ~sometimes expressed as, Motherfucker!"

"California [10w] No two snowflakes are alike,unless they're California yoga practitioners."

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

"Boasting vs. Toasting [10w] + {Couplet} What many call boasting to my success I call toasting."

"Vacations for Souls [10w] When souls are bored in Heaven they vacation in Hell."

"Poetry and Love [10w] Poetry and love are two faces of the same coin."

"Great Poets [10w] Great poets can milk blood and tears from a stone."