#personal-growth

"Child on a Swing Haiku Child screeches like birdas swing reaches for heaven.Stars fill his pocket."

"Nevada Haiku 'Happens in Vegasstays in Vegas', long as youpay hos to shut up."

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"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."

"Carlsberg: Probably the best lager in the world... ...just like IKEA is the best furniture on earth."

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

"Over-Douse [10w] Trying to mask death's smell,old ladies over-douse on perfume."

"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."

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

"Bad art has the power to deform a people just as good art generates new reflection, growth, vision, and hope."

"What is God? (60) [10w] God's always the correct answer once you rephrase the question."

"God vs. Satan [10w] Why can't God and Satan get along?They're both detail-oriented."

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."

"Louisiana Dynamite Fishin' {10w] "Uncle Jimbo sez, if dey don't float it ain't fishin'."

"What happens when you trip China's Premier Li Keqiang on a banana peel? Your wind up with an even more slippery slope."

"Crest Toothpaste: Look, Ma, no cavities!... ...that'll really piss off the TSA agents looking for contraband."

"Ferdinand VII of Spain {Couplet} He who can false loyalty feignshall sit twice upon the throne of Spain."

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"Government Intrusion [10w] + {Couplet} America's biggest illusion is the beliefthey're free from government intrusion."