The difference between art and rea… is that the artist is doomed to re… the triumphs of the past

The internet is the opposite of th… When a memory is repressed you get it back even though you can’t remember it But when it is memory-holed

The usual cruelty Is having multiple children And enforcing a hierarchy In order to keep the peace Unusual cruelty

It’s not that I’ve often taken leave of my senses but that I can never take a hint

Growing up was hard enough when we just had cliques not today’s clicks upon cliques

Now that everyone else is also holier than thou Our far left raised the stakes becoming holier than Mao With slogans of piffle

You’ll know you’re but a prop In someone else’s mise en scene When, after the photo op And the choir’s said amen You’re left to close up shop

In the face of loss I staved off loss of control by gainsaying a loss for words

The less you need to control the more powerful you

Each and every TikTok is a remake of the Zapruder film

We got the five day work week because that’s how long it takes a python to digest it’s meal

Peanut butter’s not very good by itself but chocolate is Because I’m not very religious it’s important for me

The two-week lockdown To bend the curve Turned into a year-and-a-half That bent our minds When

I’m not afraid of being alone and I’m not afraid of dying but I am afraid of dying alone

Poets are to their poems As parents are to their children Preparing them for the world Without knowing what they will do