#spiritual-development

"Compassion and Self-Neglect [10w] Compassionate people know how to care of everybody but themselves."

"Fugly Fishmates For every woman that looks like a hatchet-faced haddockthere's an equally ugly flounder-faced man with even fewer prospects."

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

"Las Vegas Magic! I was the greatest magician in the world.Things were going great. My agent booked me to play the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas for $100,000 per performance!When I got onstage everything suddenly disappeared.I'm not sure if it was allan illusion or a delusion,but I cashed the check anyway just to be safe."

"My Brooklyn Childhood [10w] "Motherfucker! I gotta put more goddamn change in the swear-jar."

"Scientific Discovery [10w] The greatest scientific discoveries were madelooking at the overlooked."

"What is Love? [10w] Love is the stubborn desire to find permanencein impermanence."

"Miss Universe Contest Protest Haiku Fundamentalists protest Miss Universe contest.Go home, beat their wives."

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. [10w] + {Couplet} Network TV's insistent stupidity to the Outer Limits pushes me."

"Southern Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sure nuff, I'm happier than a cat on a formerly hot tin roofwhich now usesNXT Cool Zone® heat reflecting roof coating ~but I'm still ornier than a mule on loco weedand a whole lot hornier than a two-dicked billy goat.You gots any coatin' for dat?"

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

"Lonely Marriage is the best refuge of the lonely to be lonely together,and if it lasts long enough,take turns being lonely."

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

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"I [10w] 'I' is a wellspring in the desertoverflowing with life."

"Broken Heart [10W] The broken heart becomes volcanic, forever rumbling anddispersing ash."

"Do Me No Favors Haiku 'Do me no favors ~I can take care of myself.So, pay the check and drive me home."

"Perfection [10w] If you've attained perfection,then what's the point of living?"

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