#positive-outlook

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

"Unwitting Measure [10w] + {Couplet} "You I love and treasurein an equal, unwitting measure."

"Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes vs. Cassava vs. Popeye [10w] "I am that I am that I am a yam."

"Beloved Poetry [10w] Write poetry like it’ll convince your beloved who to marry."

"Love and Death [10w] A person who lives without love chooses death by default."

"Love in the Afterlife [10w] Maybe I'll love you in the afterlife.This life, fuhgeddaboudit."

"Poets, Shakespeare and Trash A poet must read equal amountsof trash and Shakespeare to learn how to distinguish between the two."

"UPS [10w] Women at work judge the UPS man by his package."

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

"Sometimes Magic is What Disappears [10w] + {Couplet} Love's tragic, not ecstatic;with finespun change, disappears the magic."

"One Poet, 20 Months, 6000 Poems [10w] Let me take this breath... to celebrate my 6000th poem."

"A Frog in my Throat I had me frog in my throat.I swallowed hard and it croaked.Tasted like shit.Next time I get me a frog in my throat,my snooty French boyfriend better wash his dick with soap."

"Recollection [10w] Recollection recategorize memoriesby sorting them out into different collections."

"Today's Affirmation [10w] "I'll unplug myself from myselfand plug into something higher."

"Err "To err is human ~ more wine!"

"Fat Bungee Jumpers When I watch a fat woman bungee jumpI swear I can feel the earth leaving its orbit."

"Love vs. the Three Headed Dragon In relationships, the corrosive venom of the three-headed dragon areindifference, fault-finding and 'take-each-other-for-grantedness'.Only these cantarnish the shining armor of amour."

"The Hand that Feeds You Don't bite the hand that feeds you ~unless you're in a haunted houseand the fucking hand isn't attached to anything."

"Family [10w] Family is a truth pill ~ just beware of an overdose."

"Infinite Promise The carrot of infinite promise always dangles just inches beyond our noses.The trick is to surreptitiously switch that carrot for a zucchini."