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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Woman and Her Symbols

Life is simple;
the meaning of life is complicated
 
As a man I’m a simple creature
but I’ve been married long enough to understand
that women are complicated
 
To sum up:
For men, women are the meaning of life
For women, men are a blessing and a curse

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
Slide Away

I always thought saying slide trombone was like saying pizza pie until I heard about the valve trombone
Time’s Almost Up for Our Ticking Time Bomb, but Don’t Cut the Blue Wire or the Red Wire; Cut the Crap

In the past Anyone on the far right or far lef… Could look all the way across the… And see their opposite On the far right or far left
Death Is the Kind of Test You Can’t Study For

The essay portion of the test Was explaining why The test only consists Of multiple-choice questions So, I wrote:
It Goes Without Saying

In families adept at keeping open secrets no one expects you to state the obvious
Haiku

When the shit hits the fan at least I know I won’t be wearing flip-flops
Psycho Killer, Qu’est-ce Que C’est? C’est L’Antisemitisme.

I had previously asserted that An ideology will fail When it asks its followers to beli… Despite the fact that it isn’t tru… But an ideology will succeed
“He’s heating up!”

It was an offer I thought I couldn’t refuse: You can sit there and take it Or leave it Having nowhere to go
The Walls Have Fears

My life used to be An open book Now it’s an open state secret
When Reality Conflicts with Desire, We Don’t Change Our Desire, We Change What We Tell Ourselves About Reality

If you can catch someone lying to… you can figure out what they want… If you can catch yourself lying to… you can figure out your own desire The former can make you rich
Please God

Before I feared God You could say or do Just about anything to me And I would respond No big deal
Your Poems Are So Bad, and Their Proportions Are So Small

Do I still get credit For ignoring the critics If they are just the voices in my…
The Storage Bins of Totalitarianism, AKA the Internet

Totalitarianism then: Nazis and the like Hunted and killed Jews Totalitarianism now: Those hunting likes
“It can be harassment.”

Never answer a yes or no question. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you: “Ms. Magill, I’m gonna give you one more opportunity for the world to see your answer. Does...
The Shame of It All

I am just like everyone else In that I am nothing like anyone… Which is how I am one While we too are one
“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing after they have tried everything else”

Regarding electric vehicles, if you give Americans a choice eventually they will make the necessary choice But if you give them



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