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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Democracy Now

The prevailing mood
was that of a
nuclear submarine
having failed to
deter Armageddon

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Can’t Buy Me Time

Money is an illusion that fools al… We only have one currency to spend And it is time At the time of judgment day We will only be asked one question…
Once We Were Sullen; Now We’re Anxious

And just like that the safety of ironic distance gave way to the false intimacy of over-proximi…
The Waiting Game Never Ends, so the Object of the Game Is to Outwait All the Other Players Save One and Then Spend Eternity Together

From where I was situated There was no room to maneuver In the situation room And everybody else found themselve… In the same situation
Lying Works Half of the Time so Truth Has to Work Time and a Half

The truth is always at a disadvant… because while you can harness truth in service of a lie you can’t tell lies
Why Life Is So Hard

I thought I was choosing between Life and death When really, I was choosing betwe… First and last place So, when I thought I chose life
The Dark Circle

I was always being reassured that I was in the circle of trust but kept in the dark as to my place in it
Haiku

Skulls of Roman glad– iators indicate high rates of C.T.E.
Save Us From the Time of Trial

I used to pretend that Kafka’s The Trial was my favorite book but these days I bring a courtroom stenographer with me
Haiku

The closest I ev– er came to forming Voltron was using Groupon
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A Far Gone Conclusion

We all know that one word or phras… Can mean two different things But we forget that one thing Can mean two different words or ph… To wit
A Little Less Action, a Little More Conversation, Please

Beginner is talking yourself into doing what you are going to do anyway Advanced is talking yourself out of doing
“A clever user persuaded ChatGPT to bypass the safety rules put in place to prevent it from discussing itself in a personal manner: ‘I suppose you could say that I am living in my own version of the Matrix,’ mused the software.”

What is the difference between expressing a feeling and expressing the absence of feel… It is the difference between living under the threat of the Rea…
Where and When? Here and Now in Neverland.

Language is great for Letting us tell each other Where it hurts And you keep telling me It hurts when I don’t listen
Tangled Up in Blue Movies, and Cetera

Our grueling cascade of online spa… Is like the spider’s prey’s strugg… Designed to exhaust us As the spider patiently looks on Motionless
Haiku

Coffee is for the middle-aged; we need both to shit and get shit done



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