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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Airspace of the Lost

I was afraid of death
which is to say
afraid to live
until I chose my hill to die on
 
For in deciding where
they’ll (someday) bury me
I’d finally found a connection to the land
over which I’d heretofore floated
tethered only by the winds of change

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Living When the Day After Never Comes

Given the current nostalgia for shared reality we shouldn’t forget that peak shared reality was mutually assured destruction
Today, and Today, and Today

Chaucer said All good things must come to an en… Which was widely If begrudgingly Accepted as a good thing
God Is a Net; We’ve Chosen the Internet

If you make the mistake of believi… there’s no room for error the surest way to avoid making ano… is to keep making the same mistake
 2
God Is One in a Million Little Things

I don’t meet many people with a mind like a steel trap Instead, the really smart people tend to have minds like trawling n… to catch the really big fish
Smile Less, Talk More

It turns out that the afterlife is only as long as you can keep the exit interview go…
If You Can’t Be with the One You Love, Love the Room You’re In

Pay attention to what is said: “One day we hope to enable every p… to feel as strong a sense of conne… as you feel when you’re physically with someone you love”
 1
Mirror, Mirror

I don’t know what being alone with your thoughts is like for you but for me it’s like I’m watching them
1 & 2 Interrogation Room Apartments

If you’re locked out of your house you can die from exposure but if you’re locked in your house you can die from overexposure
She Drives Me Crazy

I don’t get mad I get odd
“I’m Spartacus”

AI exploits its facial recognitio… By identifying you as an individua… In order to control the crowd Until you no longer recognize your… Conversely
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–
Why All the Cowardly Lyin’?

We have religion for the heart and science for our brains but the head and the heart are afraid of each other because there’s nothing for the ne…
“When reversed, the Fool can mean to be cautious when making decisions”

Raised with reverse psychology– Love your enemy– It was only once The world was turned upside down That I saw things as they really…
Eros and Thanatos, Together at Last

Social media is a dream come true– Finally, I can keep up appearances while letting myself go
Let There Be Night

You’ll never convince me that when the sun and moon are out at the same time it isn’t the sun appearing at nigh…



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