I’m Not Unhappy, by Chris Gaither

My curated self has asked me for a divorce

“When you put a lot of individual rationalities together, what you get out of it isn’t a single rationality. You get something else. And you get something that an individual may not even be capable of understanding.” David Auerbach

An individual is someone who must… With the fact that he could be wro… And there’s no way to know for sur… But the choice must still be made The internet offers certainty

Social Media Isn’t Even a Cult, Because at Least Cults Offer Belonging; Social Media Is an Addiction and Addicts Suffer Alone

It was only after The social media firestorm Had burned our civilization down That we rose from the ashes Like a phoenix

Haiku

When I listen to the blues I can’t stop thinking of advice I’d give

Live Long and Proper

Over the course of life I’ve never managed to finish anyth… but for always completing my course of antibiotics

Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It

A class marker is always written in permanent marker; in a classless society the permanent marker

All Is for Prison

In an online community You don’t have to commute But your sins will never be commut…

Is “Need I Say More?” a Rhetorical Question? If Not, Need I Say More?

When space is finite we need to share which is colloquially known as using the Force When cyberspace is infinite

Time Is Up

A la recherche du temps perdu has been variously translated as A Remembrance of Things Past and In Search of Lost Time

Haiku

Denial leaves a vacuum that is ever filled by wishful thinking

The Meaning of It All, IMHO

Meaning is inherent to language And language is inherent to human… So, meaning is inherent to us huma… What does this mean? That’s open to interpretation

In Search of Found Time

Where before It was handed to me on a silver-pl… Where everything real was just bel… Now I’ve found the real way forwa… By making it up as I go along

When Did People Get So Small?

We’re told the space between galaxies is expanding but mightn’t the space within galaxies

“Fathom, old English measure of length, now standardized at 6 feet, which has long been used as a nautical measure of depth”

Contemporary pacifism attempts to… One full fathom deep But repression is just short for The return of the repressed So, you can tell a modern pacifist…

There’s Already a Deal in Place

Power is the ability To maintain your non-negotiables And the world to come Will arrive when we stop trying To negotiate a new deal with God

Chris Gaither

I’m Not Unhappy

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