#personal-development

"I'm Not Talking About Fruitcake [10w] The greatest gifts are the ones that can be regifted."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Jealousy [10w] Jealousy's like being reprimanded for a crime you haven't committed."

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

"Seeing vs. Envision {Couplet} We see nothing more than we bring to it;heavenly orchards lie in an apple's pit!"

"Be Careful What You Wish For More often than not,a dream come true is a nightmare-in-the-making."

"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!"

"Endless Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Put off summer's endAnd adulthood's vexingburdens shall suspend."

"Premature Evacuation [10w] I've stopped all my relationships short,not unlike this poem."

"Senility [10w] Senility's like a bottle of Coke that lost its bubbles."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"If You Can't Think, You've No Right to Speak [10w] Our Constitution's guarantee of free speech specifically excludes fucking idiots."

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."

"Wisconsin State Motto Forward.Leading the nation in drunk driving and Cheesehead hats."

"Vapers I bought a vape pen from a vaporium.The vapologist advised meto get the model with the refillable vape tank.When the fuck did smoking become so vapid?"

"Curse of the Ageing Woman {Couplet} I'm a wallflower, bluestocking, left on the Shelf, When you're beyond one's sell-by date, you've left by yourself,"

"Out to Lunch [10w] Behind closed doors, there's nothing we rightfully can call crazy."

"What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work."

"Buddha (Haiku) Buddha, Enlightened,I rub your belly to blessmy Lotto ticket."

"Trickeries, Sophistries and Traps [10w] Life's great irony is that we, the trapped,set traps."