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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

A Few Clams Don’t Go Nearly as Far as They Used To

A Rising Tide of Discontent

We thought it would last forever
but in retrospect we were having
a high time at low tide
when the clam digging was easy
and the eating was good

Other works by Chris Gaither...
I’m Sorry to Say

In the new version of Heads I win, tails you lose People hate to be wrong But love to apologize And if you accept their apology
God Is a Way of Looking at Things (That You Can’t See (for Yourself))

Thesis: I think it through to see it throu… Antithesis: I think it through to see through… Synthesis:
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Audience Capture

A leader attracts a following The following attracts a crowd The crowd mobs the leader The leader forms a mob The mob goes mental
Slowly but Slowly

But surely, you’ve noticed by now That all progress is incremental Across increments of time Because all progress is time-bound And the unfolding of time
If You Find Yourself in a Debtor’s Prison, Give Thanks

You can only give what you are wil… See God Who gave us responsibility Because He takes responsibility f… And those who place blame
Personal Responsibility Presumes Self-acceptance

God will accept everything about you but the one thing He won’t take is the blame
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“It’s a safety dance”

When bees come back to the hive From their excursions in the world They do a dance To inform the other bees Where the good nectar is
I Owe My Life to Bad People Doing Good Things

You can spend your life trying to understand why bad things happen to good people only to learn that good people do bad things
God Is a Thing, I think

Anselm’s ontological proof fails at proving the existence of God; there is no way around a leap of f… Instead, it proves that human bein… are incapable of accessing God’s m…
Good Grief

Life may be defined by loss But the picture Next to the definition Depicts acceptance
Nine Dimensions of Space and One of Time

Our civilization is a bureaucracy And a bureaucracy’s raison d’etre Is to replicate itself Replicate, of course Means to repeat through duplicatio…
Nothing Is More Threatening Than Self Belief

Secure in my authenticity I thought I’d avoided that trap which had ensnared so many of my g… the safety of ironic distance– until I realized that
“The Best Lack All Conviction” Because It’s in Their Best Interest

Rare earth metals aren’t actually rare They take their name from the rare earth mettle of ardor, courage, and stamina
Who Needs Ontological Proof That We Have Underestimated God When We Need Only Look into Our Hearts?

We are sleeping on God And our slumber is What keeps God up at night Worried we won’t make it home Where the heart is
God Takes the Fun Out of Trust Fund and Puts It Into Trust Fall

What would my life be like If I stopped worrying And trusted God completely? Instead of preparing for the worst And hoping for the best



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