Haiku, by Chris Gaither

All This for Nothing

People want to get rich because they think money will make them happy People want to stay rich because they know that money

The Frisson of Violence

Darth Vader. Only you could be so bored.

Hell Is Having No One to Blame and Insanity Is Doing the Same Thing While Expecting Different Results

The people will never accept the f… that the one thing missing from an effective conspiracy is conspir… so they keep looking for the inexi… always expecting to find them

It Takes Two to Tango, but One to Commando

My wife is philosophically opposed to my habit of justifying things, say a bag of the really good kind… with the phrase: I deserve it

“Our nervous system is simultaneously being challenged by incompatible demands demanding both avoidance of contact with the SARSCov2 virus and the fulfillment of our biological imperative of connecting with others to feel calm and safe”

The genius of Big Tech’s business… is its simplicity: Get people to pay for what they had previously accessed for free

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Some Names Are Good Names, but All Names Are Stage Names

Did we stop playing the long game because it is the wrong game or is it only the wrong game because we’ve long since stopped p… Or is asking that question more of…

“The Force Will Be with You, Always” and Everywhere

They can kick you out and send you to Siberia but they can’t kick God out of Siberia

I’m Still Standing in the Wind

My self-care plan includes a cheat day when I get to go to church

You Will Know Who They Are Because They Don’t Know Who They Are

You have to believe to commit And they think we’re crazy to beli… And would commit us as inpatients If only they had the patience But their patience has worn thin

Now That I Have Your Attention

The crucial moment in my elevator pitch comes when I hit the emergency stop button

The Usual and the Damned

A dissident today is anyone who realizes that since you’re damned if you do damned if you don’t

You Can Handle the Half-truth but Please Don’t Handle the Merchandise

Telling ourselves half-truths Is worse than telling ourselves li… Because Although the truth will set you fr… Just as you can’t be half pregnant

It’s the Difference Between Being Wile E. Coyote or the Pink Panther

Insanity is thinking you can ever get what you want and devoting your life to getting it

I Can See What Went Wrong and I Know Who to Blame

Let there be light blight and hindsight

If You Find Yourself in a Debtor’s Prison, Give Thanks

You can only give what you are wil… See God Who gave us responsibility Because He takes responsibility f… And those who place blame

Chris Gaither

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