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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Have a Coke or a Smile

The Service Economy

When I was a kid
the rule was
one kid got to pour
two glasses of Coke
and the other kid
got to take her glass first
 
This was great training
for the real world
where the same
You pour, I take
rule applies except now
there is just one glass

Other works by Chris Gaither...
King Me: The Peace Movement Plays Checkers While the Militant Left Plays Chess

The most useful pawn is the one who believes himself king
Thesis, Antithesis, Synthetic Biology

Past– I know what I want Therefore, I need someone to tell… so I can go ahead and do it Present–
In Whose Lap Are You Sitting When You Are in the Lap of Luxury?

You don’t have to have children To help raise the children And you can have children Without working at it Raising children
Forty-Nine and Oh

You can’t watch sports these days… Father Time is undefeated Which is when I always quote Saul… “Vait a minute. Vat about Rocky…
How to be a Good White Liberal

Carry a pen, should you need to write “Note to self: Congratulations!”
Guilty By and Large

The cover-up is always worse when there’s no crime
Buy Me Some Time

What if Vladimir and Estragon had actually been stalling for Godot
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
Say Every Prayer Like a Mic Drop

We should all know by now That every day is a do-over But we fail to realize That this means we’re in overtime And our version of overtime
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
There’s one kind of person: the haves and the haves not

My analyst says I want to have my cake and put it in a time capsule too
I Forgot the Score Again, Guys

My favorite tennis player of all time is the Frenchman Guy Forget because man always forgets
The Internet Sees Your Materialism and Raises You Immaterial Materialism

A civilization can die From a variety of causes– Famine, conquest, madness, etc. In succumbing to boredom Ours will be the first
They Love Me, They Love Me Not, They Love Me, They Love Me Not

They used to give me Birthday presents Now they give me A wide berth
“Over 765 million vacation days have gone unused by Americans”

Our task is never-ending And our time is limited This is a major source of complain… But consider the opposite possibil… Our work here is done



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