We’re told “Never give way on your desire!” even as we learn that “Desire is always the desire of th… Suffice to say,

Of course, the west Still thinks it’s the best And in the postmodern west The best is the worst Which is all well and good

Unlike the Americans and the Engl… who are divided by a common langua… the Americans and the Parisians are divided by a common symptom: disappointment

Descartes wanted certainty He got it Now we’re stuck with it Uncertain how we get unstuck Does this mean we’re doomed or sav…

God’s not buying it Until you own it– Are we clear?

Like Jacob If you wrestle with the divine Through the darkest hours You will get hurt and limp away Which we call experiencing loss

You can’t cut the cord When you are the cord Connecting what you’ve been told y… With How you will inflict that burden o…

Whoever said It’s lonely at the top must have never had their own spelling group in third grade

The fear of God is hard to define… Like many things You know it when you see it Which is whenever you witness some… Summon the courage to do what must…

In polite society The most threatening words are alw… I’m disappointed in you Which is politesse for There’s a knife in you

I may not be deep but I compensate for it by getting deep into the weeds

During the lockdown you were still technically allowed to exercise outdoors but I rigged up

There’s a groove I’ve been going… just between heroic and anti-heroi… that’s perfectly romantic But betwixt the truth-teller and the soothsayer

It’s always a bad idea To admit you have no idea Put another way: No idea is a bad idea You get the idea

I can never remember street names navigating strictly by landmarks taking left turns just past abandoned doughnut shops impugning me to keep my marriage