#sage

"Crying in the Rain If you cry in the raindoes anybody but you know you're unhappy?"

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Money Can't Buy Everything [10w] Money can't buy everything ~ but love is certainly no exception."

"Life Imprisonment with No Possibility of Parole [10w] "The needle is preferable to three hots and a cot."

"Trance & Instinct The best poems come from trance and instinct;transcribing the unedited voice of universal consciousness."

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

"Cumin vs. Acumen Cumin is a powerful spice with a nutty peppery flavor;Acumen is more about having the good taste to knowhow and when to use it."

"One Size Fits All Life Strategy Smile first.Ask questions later."

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"I [10w] 'I' is a wellspring in the desertoverflowing with life."

"The Moon The moon's a pearl among the starry gems,more cultured than the rest of them.A blemished diadem of charcoaled nightthat chaperons the sun back to the light."

"Consolation [10w] Man finds consolation in love, laughter and Ben & Jerry's."

"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."

"Before It's Too Late [10w] Life's too transient to waste time hating ~plot revenge now!"

"Having Words with Words [10w] ”I’ve had a falling out with words,leaving me speechless."

"Listen to the Wisdom of Shakespeare 'To thine own self be true and fuck'em till they're back and blue."

"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."

"Grease [10w] Relationships between people are rarely frictionless;they all need grease."

"Nomad {Couplet} When your roots grow from the outside in,home becomes whatever place you're in."

"What is Love? [10w] Love is the stubborn desire to find permanencein impermanence."