Gone, by Chris Gaither

The truth will set you free but consensus will get you academi… i.e., tenure

Like it or not If you’re not mating for life You are mating for death The real meaning of free love, the… Is the freedom to choose

Your Poems Are So Bad, and Their Proportions Are So Small

Do I still get credit For ignoring the critics If they are just the voices in my…

The Neighborhood of Make Believe

We’ve gone from treating people as a means to an end to using them as props for pretend

The Only Question with No Wrong Answers

The question isn’t: Why is there something rather than nothing? It’s: Why does it mean something

Irreconcilable Differences

My curated self has asked me for a divorce

Forsooth, Social Media Has the Same Initials as S&M

It used to be that everybody had t… But now everybody has the same kin… Which means nobody has any kinks Leaving us all with the emptiness Of giving and receiving pain

If You’re Feeling the Pressure, It’s a Sign You Don’t Know What You Want

Pressure is wanting it for someone else Passion is wanting it

Live Free or Lie

The human condition is either thinking that we’re free when we’re actually held captive or thinking that we’re captive when we’re actually free

Is “Need I Say More?” a Rhetorical Question? If Not, Need I Say More?

When space is finite we need to share which is colloquially known as using the Force When cyberspace is infinite

“Our nervous system is simultaneously being challenged by incompatible demands demanding both avoidance of contact with the SARSCov2 virus and the fulfillment of our biological imperative of connecting with others to feel calm and safe”

The genius of Big Tech’s business… is its simplicity: Get people to pay for what they had previously accessed for free

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The Enlightenment Project Can Handle the Truth but Little Else

The difference between a black hole and a rabbit hole is that light can’t escape a black… but light can’t get in a rabbit ho…

Business as Usual

In the end no one could be held accountable for the catastrophe not because there weren’t plenty of warning signs

God Falls to Pieces so That We Might Come in Pieces

Each of us are broken Off from one another So that together We create our mosaic Moshiach will come

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If You Choose to Sell Your Soul, You’ll Find That It’s Worthless, but if You Keep It, then Everything Is Worth It

The devil’s one job Is making you an offer You can’t refuse And there’s only one thing The devil can’t offer

Chris Gaither

Gone

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