#spiritual-growth

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

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"Lubbock, Texas Haiku Oil wells, Hub of the Plains.Stinks like an armpit."

"Boasting vs. Toasting [10w] + {Couplet} What many call boasting to my success I call toasting."

"Suicide Note [10w] "Don't ask why I committed suicide.Question why everybody doesn’t."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Regret [10w] Regret's more about lost opportunities than about paths we've chosen."

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Alone [10w] Alone in bed because of three wordsI hadn't said."

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"You're Totally Fucked' Defined [10w] What's before you is hopeless and behind you is negligible."

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

"Cinco de Mayo [10w] What day do the dead party to celebrate the living?"

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"Liberating Dreams [10w] God was with Joseph in prison.They escaped through dreams."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"The Downside of Stuff {Couplet) I got what I want;I have what I need.But they want what I have,and they'll make me bleed."

"Rhyme vs. Reason {Couplet} Do not try to make rhyme of reason,nor reason of rhyme;For the former's too systematic,the latter's too sublime."

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."