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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Desire Is Lack, So How Is It That I Lack Desire?

I can’t say I have
wants and needs;
mainly
I don’t want
to be needy

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Love, American Style

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It’s Either Achilles and the Tortoise or Us and Rigor Mortis

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Haiku

After the death of God religion lived on as an inquest taboo
Make Love, Not War

Breathe in not out
Asked for a Detailed Account of the Present Moment, I Said “No Sweat”

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all big stuff.
Question Authority, but Be Polite About It if You Want to Eat

Excuse me, Are you still Taking excuses?
And the Winner Is

The worst part about giving every kid in little league a trophy is the way it has emptied all the… out of acquiring
One of These big Others Is Not Like the Others

You’ll know you’re talking to God When He doesn’t talk back Yet you still have your answer
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