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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

10-4 Means Yes, but 10/7 Means Yes and No

If, after 10/7
you have the chutzpah to ask
What just happened?
their answer–
It didn’t just happen–
is doublespeak
because by it they mean both
We’ve been planning this forever
and
It never even happened

Otras obras de Chris Gaither...
Picture This

A poem is worth A thousand pictures A life is worth A thousand paper cuts So, if I were to
Dark Matter and Dark Energy Are the Shadow Cast by the Enlightenment Project

Scientists insist that 95% of the… consists of undetectable, unknowab… because this belief makes their ca… Like you and me the little that they do know
Anti-Defamation in the Post-Zombie Apocalyptic

You’re only allowed to define yourself by what you’re against (anti-fascist, anti-Zionist, etc.) and what you’ve come after
The Internet Is a Cipher That Makes More Ciphers

What is the internet? It’s not a thing in space and time It’s a nothing in timeless cybersp… You could represent it with– “The symbol zero denoting the abse…
The Next Step Is Obvious

Optimists dance the two-step: It’s going to get worse before it gets better Pessimists plod
Question: Wherefore Art Thou, God? Answer: I Am Who I Am

God knows In a game of hide and seek The best place to hide everything Is right in front of your nose So, you’ll never believe what I j…
“Einstein’s theory of gravity seems to predict that time itself is destroyed at the center of the hole: time comes to an abrupt end there. For this reason, a black hole is sometimes described as the ‘reverse of creation.’”

In spacetime, the fourth dimension… Enabled the fourth estate to Document all the comings and going… But technology has made everything… So, those days are long gone
World War IV Is a Psyberwar

Where the Cold War was Spy vs. Spy The Psyberwar is Psy vs. Psy
A Watched Bot Always Toils

Privacy is when everyone can see you but no one is watching Surveillance is when no one can see you
You Will Never Find a More Wretched Hive of Pride and Prejudice and You Will Never See the Knife in Your Back

In polite society The most threatening words are alw… I’m disappointed in you Which is politesse for There’s a knife in you
When You Can’t Afford Not To

If you have to ask how much pursuing it will cost you then you’ve already given way on your desire
On Earth, an Ego Boost Can Either Add Fuel to the Rocket or Fuel to the Fire

The ego is like a booster rocket That starts out incredibly massive But sheds its size As it delivers its payload– The soul–
I Had FOMO but Now I’m in the FOG, Which Is How I See Things Clearly

Nobody wants to feel left out And we’ll do anything to stay in Which is why most people have inni… Right by their guts Because trusting your gut
The Ubermensch Drives for Lyft

At work They know me by my secret identity The mild-mannered Clark Kent But at home with my family I can relax and let them see the r…
Automatic for the People

I never believed in automatic writ… until I tried my hand at TikTok and felt an invisible hand gently (as in pleasantly) but insistently (as in relievedly)



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