#Purpose

"Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam."

"Unruffled [10w] Nothing’s calmer than an unruffled duck eating a cool cucumber."

"Learning from Experience Learning from experience means, 'Boy, did I just fuck up!"

"But often, in the world’s most crowded streets,But often, in the din of strife,There rises an unspeakable desireAfter the knowledge of our buried life;A thirst to spend our fire and restless forceIn tracking out our true, original course;A longing to inquireInto the mystery of this heart which beatsSo wild, so deep in us—to knowWhence our lives come and where they go."

"Child on a Swing Haiku Child screeches like birdas swing reaches for heaven.Stars fill his pocket."

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

"In spite of where we were, how we had gotten here and why we had come, I felt that at this moment of our lives, this place was exactly where we belonged. We were not drifting but rising, rising toward something right and of significance."

"Evolution of Love [10w] Love evolved from when one monkey handed another a blossom."

"Your Poem A poem is a waking dream.If your poem is shit,then it was a fucking nightmare."

"The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything."

"From the moment of my birth, I lived with pain at the center of my life. My only purpose in life was to find a way to coexist with intense pain."

"Death Has Bad Timing Death has bad timingbecause rigor mortis sets into your penisjust when you don't fucking need it."

"Breathe inhale.exhalerepeatThat should solve 90% of your problems.For the other 10% ask your local Rabbi."

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"That Jesus Kinda' Love [20w] What people do for the loveof their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,I wouldn't do for my fucking mother."

"Socrates [10w] "I know less than you.That's how smart I am!"

"Fall in Love in Fall {Couplet} It would be more befitting to fall in love in the fall,for the leave's colorful dance of death, augurs the long haul."

"Hung [10w] Being caught with your pants down is a hanging offense."

"Babel [10w] Building a tower to reach God doesn't require any bricks."

"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."