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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Thrill of Pyrrhic Victory

You wanted them
all to yourself
because they didn’t want
anything to do with you
and this is the sound of
one hand slow clapping

Other works by Chris Gaither...
The Return of the Repressed vs. The Unlearn of the Depressed

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
I Work Around the Clock, 24/6, but I Do My Best Work at Night

If we rest on Shabbos Then sleep alone isn’t rest– It is To borrow a phrase from Freud The dream work
Burning House of Love

I can’t just let go of my past I have to lose a tug of war and get third degree rope burns
In a World Gone M.A.D, AI Is D.A.D.

In the cold war the gravest danger was recklessnes… which we solved with Mutually Assured Destruction The culture war
It Is Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission

Nobody remembers how to forgive Because posting on social media Is an act of seeking approval
It Ain’t Over ‘Til the Permafrost Thaws

We have passed from an age of temporary solutions for permanent… consider religion and death– to an era of permanent solutions for temporary…
God Chooses Those Strong Enough to Choose

The Bad News Bears Bear the bad news That people tend to kill the messe… They are the bearers of bad news Not because they bear bad news
Soul, Mind, and Body, or, Me, Myself, and Us

My soul is the sole part of me My body makes me one of us My mind is made up Of body and soul– So, just like you, I am
Haiku

After the death of God religion lived on as an inquest taboo
Like Hostages Blindfolded in the Darkest of Tunnels, We Can’t See the Light with Our Eyes, but Trust and Believe, It Is an Eternal Light and It Shines Forth from an Eternal People Who Will Never Succumb to the Darkness

For human beings the dominant sens… So, coming to our senses Would necessarily involve restorin… By removing our blinders Which keep us from seeing anything
The Waiting Game Never Ends, so the Object of the Game Is to Outwait All the Other Players Save One and Then Spend Eternity Together

From where I was situated There was no room to maneuver In the situation room And everybody else found themselve… In the same situation
I’ll Always Be With You... No, Really

While loved ones may or may not have the chance to say goodbye to the
Hell Yes

Never trust anyone who doesn’t believe in hell They’re almost always the ones whose idea of heaven is usurping God
Prey Is Both Verb and Noun, i.e. It’s All-consuming

The biggest change in my lifetime Has been the change in the meaning… They don’t have a prayer It used to mean They don’t have a chance
The Unpopular Thing

All of reality is a temptation To believe in yourself But if you do You’ll never get it– Self-confidence is always lacking



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