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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

God, Gold, and Glory

The Ground Beneath Our Treasure Fleet

Given a ship
that would never sink
we proceeded to
run it aground
in search of
gold and glory

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Fake It ‘Til You Make It

If you need to appear weak to access power you’ll end up weak-kneed and abuse your power
Under the Sun

The difference between art and rea… is that the artist is doomed to re… the triumphs of the past
“The ultimate reason is to create a securitized order, a general neutralization of peoples on the basis of a final nonevent... the goal is the end of history... on the basis of a preventive terror putting an end to any possible event”

The pandemic lockdowns were the pa… and penultimate nonevent because o… limits of human imagination– We could only imagine shutting everything down
Nothing Stains Worse Than Blood

I thought I could keep the family… until I realized I was the family… So, all the time I was afraid of… the family’s dirty laundry I was already wearing
The Comfort Zone

Soft totalitarianism is like shoes That are just tight enough To remain comfortable If you don’t go anywhere
“All is fair in love and war”

A fair competition Is one in which No one can win So that everyone Has an equal chance
The 7 Folds of Highly Effective People

All self-help books boil down to this: You can’t fold a piece of paper more than 7 times but if you could fold it 103 times
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
We Have to Plant Seeds of Love Everywhere Because Hate Grows Back on Its Own

If only hate were but bone deep we could bury it with the bones But hate is buried deep in the sou… with which it reincarnates like a perennial crop of invasive…
We’ve Made Our Bed

Only a fool believes that the river obeys the riverbed
Hail to the Chief of Police

He was a Murphy’s law and order R… Everyone who can be locked up will be locked up
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Haiku

The older that I get, the more wanton lust looks like wanting for love
In the World to Come There Will Be No Use for Noise-cancelling Headphones

I was always trying to find The signal in the noise Until I found God And discovered that It’s all signal
In the World to Come There Will Be Neither Capitalism nor Socialism Because People Will Finally Grasp the Difference Between Wants and Needs, i.e. There Will Finally Be Monotheism

The difference between God and human beings Is that God gives you what you deserve Which is always what you need
Ease Your Mind

If it can’t be fixed but it must be fixed it stands to reason that you should keep trying the easy fix



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