#self-improvement-book

"Perdue: It takes a tough man to make a tender chicken... ...it's all about steroids and crowd management."

"Jesus Christ Hiaku Jesus Christget a job already.You're killing your mother!"

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"Wrong Number [10w] There is no such thing as dialing a wrong number."

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

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Stratospherical Poems [10w] Poets circle the earth in a higher orbit than readers."

"Old People [10w] At the mere mention of death they gasp for breath."

"Oy Vey Haiku (g)Nat's sphincter clenched.The skinhead asked, 'You a Jew?Minyan's one man short."

"Love [10w] Love is a time machineset to your perfect present"

"Western Hypocricy I laugh at the hypocrisy of this western world that only expects the Muslims and Jews to act more Christian, while they continueto revel in the carnage of their heathen ways."

"Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there.A few smartass epiphanies,and something new in every brew.One final fix,voilà, the poem is fixed!I adore this caffeine,that alchemises the extraordinary into the routine,and vice versa with the unforseen.It turns blue aquamarine,and words into Mexican jumping beans."

"Whisper into My Good Ear [10w] "Pour your fears, fantasies, desires into my ear of corn."

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

"Telekinetic Poker Players Telekinetic poker players have a tell when they're bluffing:they always raise you."

"How to Treat Your Lover {Couplet} If you want to learn how your lover best to treat,Pretend each time is the last time you'll ever meet."

"Rooftop Poetry Sing poetry from rooftopslike a muzzein' s call for prayer."

"The Flood that Did Not Subside [10w] What would today's world be,If Noah's dove flew into obscurity?"

"2 Rules on Becoming a Good Poet [10w] Rule#1: Never write shitty poetry.Rule#2: Never forget Rule #1."

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."