#positive-outlook

"Athens, Texas Haiku Blackeyed Pea Capital of the World.Yup, just another shithole."

"Cheeky Poets [10w] Remember 'poetry' lies between 'pitiful' and 'poop' in the dictionary."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"Children Learn to Love and Hate A child understands love by three months and hate by three years.How the child processes that understandingwill shape his character for the next seventy."

"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."

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Leap of Faith [10w] Seeing God withinis where the leap of faith lands."

"Knowledgeable [10w] The knowledgeable man inventoried and catalogued everything he doesn't know."

"Carrots and Creativity [10w] Put a carrot in front of you for optimal creativity."

"Love and Blindness [10w] Love may be unilaterally blind,but divorce blinds both parties."

"Love's Reward [10w] + {Couplet} Love repaid is love's reward;recompense fair towards being adored."

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"Income Tax [10w] A man's income tax return measures his integrity and stupidity."

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"Listen to the Wisdom of Shakespeare 'To thine own self be true and fuck'em till they're back and blue."

"Party Hat [10w] Circus clowns, Frenchmen, and sanitation workers look better in party-hats.."

"Democracy, Really [10w] A democracy is free to replace one tyranny with another."

"Pizza vs. Internet Porn I'm still debating whether pizza or internet porn is the best thing ever invented.I've already jack-off three times while eating a double-cheese pepperoni piemaking my careful deliberations."

"Go with your Gut Our eyes, our mind plays tricks.Our love muscle, our heartchooses blindly and impulsively.But our gut,ahh, our gut,always makes the wise choice ~and goes straight for the burning hot pocketsfresh out of the microwavebecause our mouthsahh, our mouths,never needed a roof in the first place."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."