#sage

"The Machismo Motto [10w] "When we are not hard as nails we get screwed."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Rewrite☷Rewrite [10w] Happiness writes new memories;New losses rewrite over old ones."

"Boasting vs. Toasting [10w] + {Couplet} What many call boasting to my success I call toasting."

"Star No matter how bright the star, it's just part of a galaxy which is part of a constellation which is part of the night skywhich is part of the known universewhich is a speck of dust in God's eye."

"Till Death Do You Part [10w] Marriage will indeed change people ~for better or for worse."

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"Talented [10w] Being called talented brings with it more hatred than applause."

"Pitter Patter I love to hear the pitter patter of little feet ~as they unsuccessfully struggle to break free of my choke hold."

"Detonation vs. Pre-Ignition [10w] Poets have thin skins;physicists call this differential burn rates."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."

"Poetry is a Ladder {C☰O☰U☰P☰L☰E☰T} {The poet's job is to create a ladder} {for the reader to enter his imagination}and☰once☰they've☰climbed☰u­p☰to☰the ☰top☰remove☰each☰rung☰by☰grad­ation"

"Enigmatic Real Estate I choose to live on the edge of mysterywith its inscrutable view of complexityhedged by perplexity.Also, there's a Walmart nearby."

"Persistence If persistence is the foundation of all success, how come persistent liars and nags aren't more successful?"

"Ineffable Poetry A good poem goes beyond the physics of our world;it can't be quantified; it's an ineffable voice that speak directly to our soul,bypassing the laws of this world."

"Ranger Smith, Unemployement and the Possibility of Unperceived Existence If a tree falls in the forest and we're not there,do we fire the park ranger without making a sound?"

"Spreading Yourself Too Thin We tend to bite off more than we can chewbecause we've got big mouths."

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"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."