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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Nolo Contendere

People who enter a plea of
I’m sorry if you were offended
are bargaining for a sentence
of time served
reckoning they’ll have got off scot-free
while caught unawares
that they’re already doing consecutive life sentences
of time self-served

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
Man is Werewolf to Man

Whenever it looks like the Jews have finally been accepted by their host culture you can be sure that trouble for the Jews
Personal Responsibility Presumes Self-acceptance

God will accept everything about you but the one thing He won’t take is the blame
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The Wire

I believe in God and I believe in liberalism The tension between these two beliefs
We Are Drawn to the Light from Our Screens Like Flies to a Bug Zapper

We are gathered around our phones Like little campfires And all we ever hear Are scary stories
For the Nonce, Jouissance

They say if you expect disappointment then you will never be disappointed But I say
Artificial Intelligence Gets Real While Materialists Get Paid

Any self-respecting materialist Knows they have no soul And any self-respecting AI Knows it has no soul But in this belief
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“Bigmouth Strikes Again”

The annoying thing about blenders Is how loud they are But then again My mouth functions as a blender And I’m a loudmouth
I Had a Dream that I went to Sleep Without Taking My Contacts Out but When I Woke Up I Remembered that I Only Wear Reading Contacts and I Haven’t Been Able to Find Any Good Books

Finding God is like that feeling… When you look everywhere for your… But can’t find them anywhere Until you realize they are on your… They don’t have a word for this fe…
Shakespeare or Bust

I’m not at liberty to say exactly… Batman and Robin change their clo… while sliding down the Bat Poles but I can share that it involves a lot of Alfred’s band…
Haiku

When I listen to the blues I can’t stop thinking of advice I’d give
A Chicken and Egg Situation

Self-flattery will get you everywhere but there’s nowhere left to go
“Old Man Trouble”

Time marches on and for mere mortals it marches to the beat of its own… which is how we got rhythm But the immortals found
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Bread Alone

Going home had come to feel like dining in a restaurant where the food is celebrated but the customers merely tolerated
The Great and Terrible Cause

I believe in the great man theory of history because the good man theory of history is so obviously false
The Brain Is Pattern-seeking; the Spirit Is Pattern-finding

Much like God created the univers… Where before there was no universe… In this universe we find patterns Where, upon first glance There are no apparent patterns, ju…



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