#Spirit

"Enemies {couplet} Ne'er shall man's enemies been drawn so near,then when he seeketh to compare."

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

"Immortality [10w] True immortality means you've created something that will outlive you."

"Valentine's Day 1 [10w] Valentine's Day affirms the promise that love can be sustained."

"Let's Face It [10w] If you've peed on enough fire hydrants, you're a dog."

"Don’t Let the Dead Fish Fool You [10w] Even the eyes of a dead fish can reflect light."

"Mingling Defined [10w] Superficial people engaging with superficial people on a superficial level."

"Dogs Playing Poker Art [10w] Poker-faced dogs looks like they're bluffing or need to shit."

"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."

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

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

"Control [10w] Don't lose control by imagining you can control your lover."

"Bring the mind into sharp focus and make it alert so that it can immediately intuit truth, which is everywhere. The mind must be emancipated from old habits, prejudices, restrictive thought processes and even ordinary thought itself."

"Shakespeare vs. Keynesian Economics {Couplet} If 'Neither a lender nor a borrower be',investments would dry up, economies stagnate,and off to the poorhouse go you and me."

"Tofino, Canada Haiku Free flowing clothes,Strumming guitar on the beach.Still my baggage follows me."

"Doldrums People who live in the doldrumscan't throw caution to the wind."

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"The ‘New House, New Luck’ Fallacy [10w] Switching external environment doesn't cure depression;change must occur internally."

"A Moment Before Impact [10w] The deer's eyes were moonstones, reflecting back my car's headlights."

"Thank You Dick Wolf [10w] TV crime shows taught me it’s best to lawyer up."