#Suicide

"Any way I slice reality it comes out poorly, and I feel an urge to not exist, something I have never felt before; and now here it comes with conviction, almost panic. I mentally bless and exonerate anyone who has kicked a chair out from beneath her or swallowed opium in large chunks. My mind has met their environment, here in the void. I understand perfectly."

"Alaska State Motto North to the Future.We got highest rape and STD-rate in the nation."

"I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare."

"Love Poetry [10w] Love poetry is simply bleeding on the page with ink."

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"

"When the suicide arrived at the sky, the people there asked him: "Why?"He replied: "Because no one admired me."

"Is Prayer Only for the Living? III [10w] Do angels pray to God to intercede on mankind's behalf?"

"Crest Toothpaste: Look, Ma, no cavities!... ...that'll really piss off the TSA agents looking for contraband."

"Office Depot: Taking Care of Business... ...with short breaks, bad management and no job advancement opportunities."

"Stampede [10w] Her stampede of wild emotions broke down everything once stable."

"Hope is a necessity for normal life and the major weapon against the suicide impulse."

"Evil [10w] Believing you're evil sets into motion the wheels of self-destruction."

"Gypsy When one gypsy spits on you, its disgusting;when two do, it's suspicious;when three do, you're late to a gypsy wedding."

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

"Vices [10w] Cultivate vices;to be without them is not to be."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"Posthumous {Couplet} The anonymous may claim their fame posthumous;But let my words be my stake, while I'm still awake."

"California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?... ...cuz I got a fucking hangover."

"Goose Neck [10w] Whenever a goose has a car accident, the traffic sucks."

"Snob [10w[ I'm throwing a party so exclusive I'm not even invited."