#personal-growth

"Meek [10w] Blessed are the meek, for they've learned how to duck."

"Coins [10w] Statesmen whose faces are on coins are amenable to change."

"Avery If a boy named Avery marries a girl named Avery,will they name or just label their children?"

"Rain Check I'm a shitty typist and speller, I hunt and peck,I wrote, "i LeFt mY sWeEtToOtH iN yOuR nEcKoF tHe WoOdS, cOuLd YoU pLeAsE bRiNgIt BeCk."Surprisingly, you did,and left."rAiN cHeCk."

"Privacy [10w] Why someone prefers his privacy is itself a private matter."

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Sunshine On My Shoulders When you're home's always filled with sunshine,you're either blessed or it's time to fix the roof."

"Birds [10w] When a bird wakens, flight is no longer a dream."

"Small Degrees Lobster don't fathom they're being cooked,like relationships being snuffed out in small degreesbut in reverse, as love begins to freeze over, trapping you in a impenetrable ceiling of ice until you drown."

"Broken [10w] + {Couplet} "His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view,Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews."

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"Before It's Too Late [10w] Life's too transient to waste time hating ~plot revenge now!"

"Time Time waits for no man ~but for hot women Time makes exceptions."

"Notoriety vs. Anonymity [10w] 'Tis better to live with notoriety,than die of anonymity."

"Western Hypocricy I laugh at the hypocrisy of this western world that only expects the Muslims and Jews to act more Christian, while they continueto revel in the carnage of their heathen ways."

"Darkness Darkness is a decision the light cannot dissuade."

"A Loaf of Challah Haiku A loaf of challah,a bottle of Rashi wine...For everything else there's Simply Manischewitz."

"Comfort Zone Your comfort zone has a clock on it, ticking off until it becomes your death zone."

"Using the Backdoor If we compare writing computer code to sex,then hacking would be anal sex."

"Epiphanies [10w] Epiphanies aren't intuitions of new ideas;they're rearranging existing information."