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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

I’ll Tell You What They Want, What They Really, Really Want

There was once a time when
No Jews allowed
Meant
No Jews allowed
But now they say
No Zionists allowed
Which means:
Any Jews who protect themselves from slaughter
Will be slaughtered–
All other Jews are allowed
To participate in the slaughter

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
The Need for Belonging Is Universal, but the Internet Is a Multiverse

We all need to belong somewhere So, we formed online communities And found ourselves belonging nowh… Where once A multitude of One
I’m Not Unhappy

Negative theology collapsed when it became apparent God was sanguine
You Win Some, You Lose Some; You Win All, You Lose All

An uninterrupted winning streak Can only be had through An unchanging mean streak
Haiku

When I ask myself if I might be wrong, there’s a whole lot of red tape
The Sound of Silence

When the dull knives are out and you say all the approved thing… in all the approved ways you have proved the silencing of dissent
If You Take Away Optimism, Pessimism, and Realism, You Are Left with Hope

Maybe We’re all Late bloomers
The Smartest Guy Is the Groom

I didn’t know my own strength because my strength is in numbers But now I know that my greatest w… was wanting to be number one Fortunately, while it’s easy to ge…
“Old Man Trouble”

Time marches on and for mere mortals it marches to the beat of its own… which is how we got rhythm But the immortals found
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Social Media Is the New Public Square

You will have noticed by now That the phrase Public humiliation Is redundant
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“Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say death”

The first step in bearing the trut… is telling it This will make you unbearable, starting the next step of banishme… Form there, it is up to you
I Owe My Life to Bad People Doing Good Things

You can spend your life trying to understand why bad things happen to good people only to learn that good people do bad things
10,000 Ego Maniacs

A long time ago I received my mission statement: The best version of myself isn’t t… I’m currently on my ten thousandth… Trying to figure out what this mea…
Following the Cloud

The wrong crowd used to let things get out of control Now the wrong crowd has the best
The Open Door Prophecy

God’s door is always open Because God’s door is Our open wounds
In Order to Glow in the Dark, You Must First Be Energized by the Light

For years I sojourned as a humble… Hanging all my hopes On one day emerging as a brilliant… For my moment in the sun Inching ever forward towards the s…



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