#soul-searching

"Money vs. Happiness [10w] Why do people with money say,'money can't buy happiness'?"

"Pizza vs. Internet Porn I'm still debating whether pizza or internet porn is the best thing ever invented.I've already jack-off three times while eating a double-cheese pepperoni piemaking my careful deliberations."

"Depth of Love [10w] The longer the time between relationships,the deeper your love."

"The Wonder of Wandering [10w] When you wander without destination,the world becomes your teacher."

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

"Breaking with Tradition is Tradition You can take the poem outside of tradition,but you can't take tradition out of the poem."

"Whose Asphalt Is It? [10w] The road to mediocrity is paved with asphalt and tarmac."

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"A Frog in my Throat I had me frog in my throat.I swallowed hard and it croaked.Tasted like shit.Next time I get me a frog in my throat,my snooty French boyfriend better wash his dick with soap."

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

"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."

"Love is a Gamble [10w] Love's a gamble ~ better lose than never spin the wheel."

"Styx Haiku Boatman refusesto paddle me down the Styx.'No carry-on baggage."

"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"

"Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only concern the reader is the merit of his words.Leave moral judgments to the preachers and aesthetic judgments to the critical readers."

"Family {Couplet} For my misery, family brings relief,tripling my joy, halving my grief.This aesthetic arithmetic's quite poetic,an accounting surmounting odds unsympathetic.Now there seems no hardship I cannot withstand,accompanied by my exponential, familial band."

"Optimists vs. Death [10w] Optimists are hopeful people who see a coffin as half-full."

"Glow in the Dark "You've led me from stark nightwith a love that glows in the dark."

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

"Alaska State Motto North to the Future.We got highest rape and STD-rate in the nation."