#self-improvement-book

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"Writer's Block [10w] Every writer's block is surrounded by a million other possibilities."

"Garden [10w] A garden is a poem written with flowers on earth."

"Meek [10w] Blessed are the meek, for they've learned how to duck."

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

"Love and Blindness [10w] Love may be unilaterally blind,but divorce blinds both parties."

"Straight Men vs. Curved Women [10w] 'Straight' men who approach 'curved' women must'mind the gap'."

"Frank Lloyd Wright {Couplet} Frank Lloyd Wright eliminated the confining wall,so now when your wife screams at youit sounds like you're in Tammany Hall."

"Let Others Speak [10w] When others speak of your virtues they grow tenfold."

"There's More Than Two Choices [10w] Don't take the road less traveled;blaze your own path."

"Save the Last Dance for Me Life is a Hesitation Waltz danced to swing time measure. We're all given the free will to suspend our moving foot or slowly drag it during the halt."

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

"Opportunities Come a Knockin' [10w] Never miss the opportunity to fuck or write poetry."

"Now [10w] + {Couplet} Whether you Hurry up! or P r o c r a s t i n a t e,the NOW doesn't discriminate."

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

"A Chuck Yeager Moment {Couplet} There's a sonic boom resonating in my head as I break through the 2000 HP follower watershed."

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

"Love's Reward [10w] + {Couplet} Love repaid is love's reward;recompense fair towards being adored."

"The Unspoken Speaks Volumes Stillness brackets the exchanges between lovers. Itis not the lack of sound, but an encapsulated silenceof resonance. Resonant silences stand like bookends, embracing their thoughts;though formal pleasantries vibrate the air,they are more ritual than communication.The couples true intents are articulated in the unspoken.Two bodies.One soul."

"Keep Austin Weird Haiku Neck dragon tattoo, piercings, purple haired kindergarten teacher.Keep Austin weird."