#soul-searching

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."

"Second Opinions My doctor told me I have pancreatic cancer and have 2 months to live.I asked him about getting a second opinion.The Doc said, 'No problem.'He thought for a second and said,'I think the Boston Red Sox are going to win the series again this year."

"Fabulous Creatures and Trust Issues [10w] Never trust a sheep in wolf’s clothing despite the unicorn."

"Catalyst [10w] You're not lying if your lie helps engender the truth."

"The Poet's Job [10w] + {Couplet} Trigger memory, explode an emotion;the poet must create commotion....................................................­....................."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"Getting Real about the Eel It's not that eel wants to avoid commitment.From the eel's point of view, it is a matter of survival.Who the fuck wants to be with an eel anyway,when there are plenty of less slippery fish."

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

"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."

"Shit Poetry [10w] Poetry without grace of expression is just so much shit."

"Bagels and Lox Life's an everything bagel;love is a schmear of scallion cream cheese;and lox, no matter how you cut it,is resistant to dumbass metaphors."

"Melting Icicles Haiku Drip, drip, Drip, drip, Drip:Sounds of melting iciclesannouncing the Spring"

"Casualties of War The casualties of war are far, far morethan those lying dead on the battlefield floor."

"Genesis {Couplet} God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction.Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction."

"God is Great [10w] God found me in a dumpster and made me holy."

"Unless you're a lesbian... [10w] Feminism is not a sustainable position without giving up love."

"Great Poets [10w] Great poets can milk blood and tears from a stone."

"Past/Present/Future I have no problem living in the present,but because of my pastpeople want to kill me in the future."