#sacred-teachings

"What's Hot [10w] + {Couplet} We incorrectly assume what's hotis becoming what we're not."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"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."

"Renewal Cream [10w] The features of the human face are enriched by poetry."

"Upgrading [10w] Promise them the worldto get the universe in return."

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

"My Sweet Home, Alabama If it grows, it sticks, if it crawls, it bites,if it's outside, it rusts,if it's ornery, it fights,if it's a dawg, it barks.if its a possum, it feignsif it's a buggy, it squeals,if it's winter, it's summer,If it's slimy, it's eels.If it ain't Dixie, it won't do,so let's fix to get piss drunkand lynch us another nigger and Jew."

"Original Thoughts [10w] Original thoughts are not diminished by days, distance or disregard."

"Poetry in a Bottle [10w] If you could bottle poetry you'd have one addictive drink."

"Keep Your Day Job Bitch [10w] + {Couplet} If you've guessed that I'm blessed,augury ain't your strawberry."

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

"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."

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

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

"Preserving Beauty [10w] + {Couplet} Preserving beauty is futile;even Cleopatra returned to the Nile."

"Endless Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Put off summer's endAnd adulthood's vexingburdens shall suspend."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."

"Minus One [10w] We more people we fuckthe more lonely we become."