#unconditional-love

"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."

"Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his universe,my Siamese bettais quite tickled pinkThe same thing happens when you fill my half-empty world with your love.Bai, keep pourin'!"

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"Melting Icicles Haiku Drip, drip, Drip, drip, Drip:Sounds of melting iciclesannouncing the Spring"

"Missed Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Adolescence spent upon a cross,regrettably is childhood's loss."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"Bonjour [10w] You're more obscure than first we met,"uttered with regret."

"Breaking with Tradition is Tradition You can take the poem outside of tradition,but you can't take tradition out of the poem."

"Love Scars Love leaves more scars than a ten car pile-up ~and nobody's got insurance."

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

"Free Lunch There's no such thing as a free lunch ~for people who haven't yet learned to beat the system ;)"

"Relationships Deconstrcted [10w] Qualities we at first perceive as endearingsoon becomes annoying."

"Senility [10w] Senility's like a bottle of Coke that lost its bubbles."

"Dangerous Food [10w] The world's most fattening foods are the ones you swallow."

"Show Up [10w] I've waited for you all my life ~show up already!"

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"Pain vs. Pleasure {Couplet} Pain and pleasure are nearly identical,the difference lies in their temporal perception.Pleasure feels fleeting, pain feels unending;both jolt us at the nerve's first inception."

"Put it All on Black' [10w] God doesn't play dice with the universe;He prefers roulette."

"War [10w] When leaders threaten war,they’re breaking dirt on our graves."

"Long Term Relationships [10w] Long term relationships should begin and end with a laugh."