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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Clear as Day

I’m not aware
of the lies
I tell myself
Who is?!?
But the white lies
I tell myself
are actually translucent
like polar bear fur

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Other works by Chris Gaither...
Seven Ways for the World to End Without Completely Ending, Ranked

7. “Strategic” nuclear war: Assured destruction = yes, but mut… 6. Giant asteroid hits earth: No one to blame 5. Cyber war:
I Was Born into a Family, but I Wasn’t a Member Until I Paid the Price of Admission

All raw deals Are some version of the following: If we screw up You’ll keep your mouth shut Because if you draw attention to i…
Get Cooking

The first half of life Is spent waiting for the inevitabl… But inevitably, you get distracted… Because a watched pot never boils The second half of life
Seeing and Time

Time is a one way road that only goes forward so that you know which direction t… but you can still go the wrong way down a one way road
Win, Lose, or Love

Love may never win but love always ties
Buried at Sea

When people say I live on my phone I wonder how they withstand the pr… Of eight tons per square inch
“Tell Me Sweet Little Lies”

We ask people How are you doing? because it’s the easiest way to prevent them from actually telling us how they are doing
(1974- )

My mid-life crisis is the fear that my tombstone epit… Like chicken, he went with everyth…
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Relationships Begin with Chemistry and End with Alchemy, but Where Chemistry Is a Science, Alchemy Is a Mystery: The Work of Marriage Is Never Done, Which Is How It’s Done

If the honeymoon is over And things have gone leaden Rejoice, you have a lot of work to… Which is known as the golden age
Peace Out

The love was exactly as strong as… So, if I could keep the peace I could keep the love Somehow, someway, I found peace And to them this meant war
I Need to Know What “Kol Divrei Hashira Hazot” Means

God’s relationship with us Is on a need-to-know basis: Whatever we need to know He will tell us– In fact, He already has
Because I Am God Fearing, I Fear for God

You need to follow the rules all t… so that you’re following the rules… At the same time, you need to know exactly when to break the rules But there can’t be a rule for brea…
When Their All-Consuming Passion Threatens to Consume You

The far left puts the silent and invisible H in tolerate Guess where? There’s a clue
The New Consensus

Knowing that everyone agrees you remind them of indoor furniture on the porch tells you nothing about what each of them thinks of you
I Only Drink Crocodile Tears

If they cut a deal with the devil to cut you loose without ever having to cut the crap they’ll cut right to the chase and… how much it saddens them to cut ti…



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