#sage-advice

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."

"New Age Hype Don't 'honor your feelings.'Half the time they're full of shit.Don't 'embrace' anything without a pulse.Mindfulness should include not listening to quacks."

"Don't Quit ❣ Don't quit on love and it won't bail on you."

"Spirituality and Aging Spirituality comes naturally to the old because they're running out of options."

"Marriage [10w] The only thing better than forgiveness in marriage is forgetfulness."

"Minimum Wage [10w] Even trained bears couldn't bear working for bare minimum wage."

"Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag her husband about leaving borscht stains on the table linen. The resulting discombobulation totally messed up the ending of Anna Karenina."

"The Human Race Pleasure is the sprint.Contentment is the 5 mile.Happiness is the marathon."

"Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes vs. Cassava vs. Popeye [10w] "I am that I am that I am a yam."

"A Poem Must Have an Accomplice If you cannot bamboozle the reader into becoming a willing accomplice to your artifice and collusion the poem won't fly."

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Poetry as Conspiracy [10w] A poem is unspoken conspiracy between the reader and poet."

"Today I Learned: Delete Today I learnedwhen you delete stuff on your computerit still resides on your hard drive.It's sort of like getting divorcedbut that bitch still lives in your house."

"AMTRAK: See America at see level... even though we cost twice as much as a plane and get you there 3 days later."

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

"Today's Affirmation [10w] "I'll unplug myself from myselfand plug into something higher."

"Finding Fault [10w] + {Couplet} We find in others faultWhenever our wounds perceives salt."

"Prickly Pears [10w] Men are often like cactus fruits ~thorny outside,mushy inside."

"Still Hangin' in the Child Hood [20w] You can spend an entire lifetime trying to be a child again,or never lose your childhood to begin with."