#soul-searching

"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."

"New Age Hype Don't 'honor your feelings.'Half the time they're full of shit.Don't 'embrace' anything without a pulse.Mindfulness should include not listening to quacks."

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

"Poetry Should Dance [10w] Let poetry dance ~neither outpace it nor let it lag."

"Mythbusters [10w] Snipers will assure you safety in numbers is a myth."

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

"Seeing vs. Envision {Couplet} We see nothing more than we bring to it;heavenly orchards lie in an apple's pit!"

"Gifts Never look a gift horse in the assor a donkey in the mouth."

"Bruges Belgium Haiku Behind a stack of grey Lego bricksyou wheeze up Belfry's 366 stepsand don't see a single bat."

"The Poet as Enchantress [10w] + {Couplet} The poet is an enchantress,with or without a dress."

"Accurs'd McDonalds, I Bite my Thumb at Thee! {Couplet} Let vex'd heavens rant and rage,This here McNigga slave ain't workin' for no McMinimum wage."

"Winning vs. Losing [10w] Too often the cost of winning is losing your soul."

"Celebrity [10w] Celebrity is an insignificant zit on the surface of history."

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

"Cookie Cutter Criticism A critic tried to fit my sense of humor in a cookie cutter,but it wouldn't fit his preconceived shape of what comedy should be.So he pressed harder, and harder and harder until the cookie cutter cut a cookie shaperight through the palm of his hand.It doesn't hurt anymore when the critic tries to slap me in the face.There's no more hot-air resistance."

"Reflection Upon Reflection [10w] Don't look into a mirror in rooms full of mirrors."

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"A Real Passionate Kiss Should Feel Like Dying [10w] Like ice melting into water coming to a rolling boil."

"The Stink of Hate {Couplet} When haters write they raise a stink;must be the venom coursing through their ink."

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