#self-esteem-self-help-book

"Moment of Truth 'Moment of truth' is derived fromthe Spanish momento de la verdad, that Hemingway epiphanous moment when the matador is about to kill the bull. Now it means the moment you realize you won't make it back to the parking meter before it expires ~sometimes expressed as, Motherfucker!"

"How Much Space? {Couplet} Give a lover space enough to rejoice in their choice,but not enough room for their doubts to give voice."

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

"Hungry When you're hungry everything tastes good.Note to myself: Don't get married when you're hungry."

"Athens, Texas Haiku Blackeyed Pea Capital of the World.Yup, just another shithole."

"Earth Smile The lip of the mountain smiles ochrewhen the drumming raindrops take root.Pigments from yellow to deep orange to brown,form crowns of light, mirrors reflecting fire ~the ire in the earth, the smirk of the dirt."

"Control [10w] Don't lose control by imagining you can control your lover."

"Metamorphosis [10w] Change. Become the butterfly.Don't stay a caterpillar with wings."

"UPS [10w] Women at work judge the UPS man by his package."

"Miss Universe Contest Protest Haiku Fundamentalists protest Miss Universe contest.Go home, beat their wives."

"O God O God I love you.I worship you, I need you.Everything I am is because of you.Everything.O God I hate you."

"Privacy [10w] Why someone prefers his privacy is itself a private matter."

"Psychotherapy [10w] If you can second guess a psychotherapist,they’re totally useless."

"Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his universe,my Siamese bettais quite tickled pinkThe same thing happens when you fill my half-empty world with your love.Bai, keep pourin'!"

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

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distress.The fig enveloped all his trunkHer grip grew firm and tightThe oak withered in his arroganceAs she choked off his last light."

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

"Over-Douse [10w] Trying to mask death's smell,old ladies over-douse on perfume."

"Sublime Beauty When I shut my eyes, I can move mountains.When I open them, mountains can move me."