#Spirit

"A Tad Old Fashioned [10w] "Save all your sighing and swooning for the 18th Century, bitch."

"What's in it for me?' A selfish person doesn't become compassionate as the result of some words of wisdom or epiphany. The selfish need selfish reasons to act unselfish."

"Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag her husband about leaving borscht stains on the table linen. The resulting discombobulation totally messed up the ending of Anna Karenina."

"Russian, Umerzhurnalistka Someone who too many questions for his own good. Literally, 'Dead journalist'."

"Infinite Promise The carrot of infinite promise always dangles just inches beyond our noses.The trick is to surreptitiously switch that carrot for a zucchini."

"Patriotism [10w] Patriotism for the rich is a subtle synonym for profiteering."

"The Poet's Way Are we ever sure what we do,will endure and get its due?No.But we do it anyway.For that is the poet's way."

"Indiscernible Love [10w] True love's so effortless, others can hardly see it's happening."

"Upgrading [10w] Promise them the worldto get the universe in return."

"Today's Affirmation [10w] "I'll unplug myself from myselfand plug into something higher."

"Free Will [20w] A bunch of amino acids bumping up together is not the scientific explanation of free will, it's grilling a hamburger."

"Proof Proof of God's existence is as silly as proof of love's."

"Adult Pretend [10w] "I'm tired of playing 'pretend';let's play 'get-real, bitch."

"What lies beneath the Semblance? What lies beneath the semblance.What lies beneath the semblance of lies.What lies beneath the semblance of lies!Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies lie beneath her semblance.Lies, lies and more lies!"

"Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time. Our inner lives are eternal, which is to say that our spirits remain as youthful and vigorous as when we were in full bloom. Think of love as a state of grace, not the means to anything, but the alpha and omega. An end in itself."

"Reckless vs. Diet [10w] I live too recklessly to worry about low carb diets."

"Enigmatic Real Estate I choose to live on the edge of mysterywith its inscrutable view of complexityhedged by perplexity.Also, there's a Walmart nearby."

"Poetry Trek: 'To Boldly Go Where No man Has Gone Before' A poet must get into spaceship every dayand launch himself into metaphorical space."

"Cutthroat Competition [10w] If competition becomes cutthroatit suggests business has become piracy."

"Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit."