#mind

"Infinite Promise The carrot of infinite promise always dangles just inches beyond our noses.The trick is to surreptitiously switch that carrot for a zucchini."

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. [10w] + {Couplet} Network TV's insistent stupidity to the Outer Limits pushes me."

"God May Grant Your Wishes Daily [10w] Pray for sunshine at night and moonbeams when you wake."

"Rooftop Poetry Sing poetry from rooftopslike a muzzein' s call for prayer."

"Perhaps you are just close to what you have been waiting for all along and ideas start formulating in your mind and advising you to "give up". Tell them "not me"."

"Love vs. Mental Illness [10w] Love, like mental illness, comes on graduallyand then suddenly."

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

"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."

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

"What Might Have Been {Couplet} Dwell not upon what might have been,Within such idle spin, you can never win."

"Past is Past [10w] Lovers should clearly avoid obsessing about each other's romantic past."

"National Rifle Association Credo [10w] God gave us two hands to holdan assault rifle."

"McDonald's I love and rescue stray dogs, duct tape Burger King crowns to their heads and set them loose in McDonald's."

"Mmm Mmm Good Gimmick Campbell's Soup announced todayit's introducing 'QWERTY' soupfor our more computer literate children.Who are they kidding?They're just relabeling the old Alphabet Soup."

"I'm Not Skidaddling Down That Slippery Slope First you let sleeping dogs lie,next you allow all pets to prevaricate."

"Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart."

"Remorse among Thieves When a caught thief shows remorse he says to himself,"I knew I should pull off that heist differently."

"Imaginary Friends [10w] My imaginary friend insulted me by calling me real."

"Amputees Smart phones and the internet are the prosthetics our century cannot live without.Until we can put them down to take a quiet walk in the woods,we are all amputees."

"It is said that love does not last, that it is just a momentary spell cast upon your soul by some higher power, or a small trick of the mind. If this were all true, there would be no story to tell."