#positive-attitude

"Persistence If persistence is the foundation of all success, how come persistent liars and nags aren't more successful?"

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

"Transubstantiation [10w] Transubstantiate digression into confessionand drink from poetry's Holy Grail."

"Opportunity Knocks: China When opportunity knocksthe Chinese make knock-offs."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"Gypsy When one gypsy spits on you, its disgusting;when two do, it's suspicious;when three do, you're late to a gypsy wedding."

"Relationships Deconstrcted [10w] Qualities we at first perceive as endearingsoon becomes annoying."

"Soulmate My Ass [10w] Aspire to marry the person the least wrong for you."

"Hidden [10w] A woman is an iceberg;we see less than 10%."

"Pun vs. Puny [10w] + {Couplet} "His penis was a pun,judging by the predictable groans.The hours set by innuendos,the seconds by the moans."

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

"Garden [10w] A garden is a poem written with flowers on earth."

"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!"

"Creation "I shake my fist and there's bang.Stars sift like sand through my fingers;each swirl of my wrist a galaxy,every kiss imbued with a bit of me."

"Deadly Sex Haiku Each thrust of his cockwas another coffin nailhammered in my heart."

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

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"The Gypsy Jackpot An ambulance, a police car and a fire truck parked in front of a gypsy's trailer can only mean one thing ~ insurance scam!"

"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."

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