#Purpose

"Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself."

"Seduction [10w] Italy will host the Olympics when seduction's declared a sport."

"Be above it! Make the world serve your purpose, but do not serve it!"

"First Day at Harvard [10w] Smartest kid in the roomwalks into room of competitors."

"Curse of the Ageing Woman {Couplet} I'm a wallflower, bluestocking, left on the Shelf, When you're beyond one's sell-by date, you've left by yourself,"

"The Downside of Stuff {Couplet) I got what I want;I have what I need.But they want what I have,and they'll make me bleed."

"Predestination [10w] 'Twas predestined that I'd call predestination a crock of shit."

"Birds [10w] When a bird wakens, flight is no longer a dream."

"We may run, walk, stumble. drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way."

"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."

"We are all dust passing through the air, the difference is, some are flying high in the sky, while others are flying low. But eventually, we all settle on the same ground."

"Natural Born Poets vs. Made Poets A natural born poet sees the future of poetry.A made poet clumsily imitates his vision."

"You were born with a song in the seat of your soul; let the life that you live be the singing of it."

"Reflection Upon Reflection [10w] Don't look into a mirror in rooms full of mirrors."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"Unfriend Politeley Means"

"Loneliness [10w] Loneliness is GPS equipped new Mercedeswith nowhere to go.****************"

"Galoshes Haiku Cherry blossoms bloomin the morning mist.Thank God I took my galoshes."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."

"Alone [10w] Alone in bed because of three wordsI hadn't said."