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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

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–
is doublespeak
because by it they mean both
We’ve been planning this forever
and
It never even happened

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Have a Coke or a Smile

When I was a kid the rule was one kid got to pour two glasses of Coke and the other kid
Business as Usual

In the end no one could be held accountable for the catastrophe not because there weren’t plenty of warning signs
I’m No Longer Embarrassed to Admit that Embarrassment Is the Price of Admission

It’s a sign of the times that No matter the path you take You will know you are finding God When first you become an embarrass… And only then receive
It’s Either Achilles and the Tortoise or Us and Rigor Mortis

The universe is a kinetic watch so time only keeps going if we’re on the move making Zeno’s paradox of motion just a way of reassuring ourselves
The Move to Blockchain Will Provide the Illusion of Anonymity While Blocking All Cash Transactions

Our civilization has gotten around God’s injunction to be our brother… by being our little brother’s book…
I’m Afraid of My Own Chateau

My greatest fear is losing control but I’m not in control I have an eternal soul but I’m afraid to die I’m scared of making mistakes
These Days the Average Man in the Street Says That God Does Not Exist, Although, Paradoxically, the Average Man in the Street Does Not Exist

Most tautologies are self-fulfilling prophecies For example: Most people are average But God never met
There Is No One to Fear but Fear Itself

Everyone wants to live forever because fear is self-perpetuating No one wants to overcome the fear… because courage is selfless
The Strong Silent Typo

I used to have my own opinions then I started sharing them
Men

Catwoman shamed Batman into getting out of the Batmobile… by telling him it was just like ec…
Smartphoney Baloney

It could be the truth if it couldn’t go viral But it’s definitely pravda if it speeds our downward spiral
“The Most Unpardonable Sin in Society Is Independence of Thought”, so I Recommend Taking It One Opposite Day at a Time

Fox News said it was “Fair and B… which supposedly meant that it was… because it was balanced but really it meant that it was fa… because it wasn’t balanced–
“It goes on and on and on and on”

Seeing as I’m just the messenger It would be easier to tell you Than to show you Because words are all I’ve got But since, if I told you
The Circle Is Eternal, Without Beginning or End

We fear that the long game Is a long, lost game Because we find ourselves lost Forgetting how, on the surface of… We can plow forward in trust
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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



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