#powerful-story

"Getting Even Bring a gun to a knife-fight,Bring a nuke to a war.Even if you don't win,You'll even the score.““”̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’̿’̵͇̿̿з=(•̪ⓧ)=ε/̵͇̿̿/̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿"

"Fodder for Poets [10w] Childhood memories are the most seminal sustenance for creating poetry."

"American Foreign Policy [10w] Foreign Policy requires dealing from the bottom of the deck."

"Speak to the Head [10w] + {Couplet} Tis of no fucking availTo speak to the tail."

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Revenge [10w] Revenge is a long game;all you need is time."

"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."

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

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"A Dream Come True [10w] A dream come true is a nightmare in the making."

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"Iowa Haiku "We're not really dull,we are just misunderstood.Weed helps dull the pain."

"Let Others Speak [10w] When others speak of your virtues they grow tenfold."

"Love's a Sacred Vessel [10w] Love's the sacred vessel embracing the mystical energy of evolution."

"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."

"How to Exercise Caution [10w] Walk in the counsel of the wickedon your treadmill."

"Cookie Cutter Criticism A critic tried to fit my sense of humor in a cookie cutter,but it wouldn't fit his preconceived shape of what comedy should be.So he pressed harder, and harder and harder until the cookie cutter cut a cookie shaperight through the palm of his hand.It doesn't hurt anymore when the critic tries to slap me in the face.There's no more hot-air resistance."

"Freedom [10w] You've never experienced freedom until you have nothing to lose."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."