#positive-outlook

"Good vs. Great [10w] To be good twice is a true mark of greatness."

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

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for your loss,I'll daven for mine.I do not belittle your loss,your grief is no less than mine.But by abandoning your tribe, אלון,Who now will say Kaddish for you?"

"Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?"

"Kansas State Motto Ad astra per aspera. [9]Flat land and flatline intelligence."

"A Prayer God, be my light in pitch-black night;Show me the path from wrong to rightThat I might in Your hands be delivered later,Having eclipsed myself to become something greater."

"Broken [10w] + {Couplet} "His gifts have become broken things, hidden from my view,Sitting on a shelf, above my shoes, like exterminated Jews."

"Deaf [10w] No man suffers deafness if he listens with his eyes."

"Money vs. Happiness [10w] Why do people with money say,'money can't buy happiness'?"

"Control [10w] Don't lose control by imagining you can control your lover."

"Love on Fire [10w] A man in love cannot see fire or smell smoke."

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity is an insignificant zit on the surface of history."

"What is Hate? [10w] Hate is merely love hiding behind the mask of envy."

"Telekinetic Poker Players Telekinetic poker players have a tell when they're bluffing:they always raise you."

"Miss Universe Contest Protest Haiku Fundamentalists protest Miss Universe contest.Go home, beat their wives."

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"Miracle [10w] The greatest unacknowledged miracle is man has lasted this long."

"Scientology [10w] There's nothing more oppressive than the ignorance of foolish belief."

"The Great Blue of the Great Blue A Great Blue whale mourns her hunted mate.Her heart, once the size of an SUV,lonely rides the empty sea,her heart's now withered to subcompact class,her whys and wherefores, run out of gas."