#positive-mindset

"Ruth Whither thou goest, I will go ~as long as it's to the mall.I heard Dillard's is having an 80% off sale!"

"Pulling a Houdini Relationships are magic;we're always getting each other out of handcuffs and strait-jacketswhile locked in a steamer trunk underwater."

"Embittered [10w] "His heart blistered like paint peeling from an old rig."

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

"The Jewish NOW There's no time like the present ~but in the future,who can say?"

"Enigmatic Real Estate I choose to live on the edge of mysterywith its inscrutable view of complexityhedged by perplexity.Also, there's a Walmart nearby."

"Straight Men vs. Curved Women [10w] 'Straight' men who approach 'curved' women must'mind the gap'."

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

"Gradually Then Instantly [10w] We fall in love the way we lose our minds."

"Opportunities Come a Knockin' [10w] Never miss the opportunity to fuck or write poetry."

"Grave Dancing for Dummies {Couplet} They danced at my grave when I was buried at sea;with my haters drowned, I'm now totally free."

"Don’t Let the Dead Fish Fool You [10w] Even the eyes of a dead fish can reflect light."

"Campbell's Soup: M'm! M'm! Good!... ...even though our products have more sodium than the Dead Sea."

"Deadlines The only deadline I plan on missing is the one at the cemetery."

"River Mountain Ocean [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} Rivers delight in their flow;Mountains savor their snow.But oceans are in concurrencetheir contentment comes from recurrence."

"The Poet is God When a poem's words perfectly fit,it has legs.When they communicate well,it has a voice.When they make you think,it has a mind.When the make you feel,it has a heart.Think about it.When you write a poem,you've created a person,with a distinct identityand an immortal soulthat you send out into the worldto possibly change the world.Now you know what it feels liketo be God."

"In a True Global World... [10w] Famous people should be allowed to travel without a passport."

"Writer's Block [10w] Every writer's block is surrounded by a million other possibilities."

"Object of Desire A woman knows she's the object of a unknown man's desirelike a game animal becoming aware it is being looked at."

"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."