#unconditional-acceptance

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Hidden [10w] God hides enough happiness in sadness to light the world."

"Divine Write [10w] To write is to divinely dabblein infinite alternate realities."

"There's More Than Two Choices [10w] Don't take the road less traveled;blaze your own path."

"Lenny Bruce I'm going to be rich!I figured out how to get schlong-juice stains off of suede."

"Expectation [10w] Eyes that see with expectation lieby not querying, 'Why."

"From the Slobodan Milošević interview during the the Hague Tribunal : 'What are your hobbies?' [10w] "I enjoy gardening because weeding reminds me of ethnic cleansing."

"Lost & Found of Love We cannot forfeit what was not truly ours to begin with.You can only lose yourself in the heartbreak of love lostand find yourself againinthe miracle of love regained."

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

"Preserving Beauty [10w] + {Couplet} Preserving beauty is futile;even Cleopatra returned to the Nile."

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

"Depression Busy people have neither the time nor the swimming skills to take a divein a pool of depression."

"Overheard at Ashtanga Yoga Class *"I don't know my he left me. I even had a rabbit's food hanging from my dreamcatcher.""Maybe you should've used a little more suction and a few less amulets."

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

"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."

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."

"Steer Clear [10w] Avoid alliances with anyone who's more to gain than you."

"Vapers I bought a vape pen from a vaporium.The vapologist advised meto get the model with the refillable vape tank.When the fuck did smoking become so vapid?"

"My Sweet Home, Alabama If it grows, it sticks, if it crawls, it bites,if it's outside, it rusts,if it's ornery, it fights,if it's a dawg, it barks.if its a possum, it feignsif it's a buggy, it squeals,if it's winter, it's summer,If it's slimy, it's eels.If it ain't Dixie, it won't do,so let's fix to get piss drunkand lynch us another nigger and Jew."