#positive-outlook

"Why We Need Smart People [10w] We need smart people to call other smart people morons."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Humble Wishes [10w] "God, all I simply ask is that I become perfect."

"Thank You Dick Wolf [10w] TV crime shows taught me it’s best to lawyer up."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"Confucius vs. Confusion [10w] Confucius says if pussy smell like fish change the bait."

"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."

"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."

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

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

"Beating the Language Like a Tom-Tom with a Mohawk "Actually, you will receive a free pre-owned gift with every purchase,irregardless of the awesome enormity of your stupidity."

"Hatred is a Simple Child Hatred is a simple child nurtured and coddled in a raging heart and then released into a crowd of innocents wearing a suicide vest."

"ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ [10w] II ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ Լέῳ accounts for 15.7% of all Hello Poetry's pageviews."

"Witticisms The greatest reward for coming up with some witty turn of phraseis that some day, if you're lucky,it may wind up in a fortune cookieat the very Chinese restaurant you're eating in!But if you get a big head about it,know it wasn't the flattery,it was the MSG."

"Unconditional Love [10w] If you're not giving unconditional love,you're offering conditional hate."

"Ruminating Poetry A poem should be eaten in one sittingbut regurgitated often like a ruminant's food."

"Inspiration vs. Plagiarism [10w] Inspiration is improving on another's idea;plagiarism is copy/paste piracy."

"Don't Mess with the Queen {Couplet} The first man harnessing the secrets of fireCannot compare with the revelation of your sovereign ire."

"Washington State Motto Al-Ki. [25]America's most rainy, PC and annoying state."

"The Cure [10w] Laughter, love and faith can cure 95% of all illnesses."