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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

I’ve Got Bad News, Good News, and State News. Which Would You Like to Hear First?

Setting aside crimes of passion,
when people commit crimes it’s either because
they think they can get away with it
or because they want to get caught
 
Either way, they’re guilty;
it’s just a matter of timing–
We call them convicts
 
When people don’t commit crimes
they don’t get away with
not getting caught
 
Having entered a plea of not guilty
they’ve been found guilty of nothing–
We call them neurotics
 
When sociopaths commit crimes
and get away with
getting caught
we call them supercriminals in our comic books
 
But in real life?-
We are guilty of calling it politics

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One of the First Things to Go When You Lose Your Mind Is the Theory of Mind

It used to be that We could feed our souls By serving others Or feed our egos By serving ourselves
“Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything truly wrong, he was arrested.”

If my peccadillos Are mere cigarillos Why is my hide as thick as an arma…
Haiku

I’m always leaving things at church so the lost and found won’t be empty
Anti-Defamation in the Post-Zombie Apocalyptic

You’re only allowed to define yourself by what you’re against (anti-fascist, anti-Zionist, etc.) and what you’ve come after
The Heart of a Coward

In the first take of Braveheart’s… Mel Gibson directed William Wall… “Freedom and responsibility!” But as a practiced antisemite Gibson quickly realized his error
Who Wants It More?

God gave us all of creation In which to luxuriate Together Instead We chose to deconstruct
Responsible Party

We can be given responsibility by God but we can only take control
We’re Going Through a Phase

Looking for signs of intelligent l… We imagine their supremely advance… Like somnolent caterpillars Dreaming up fabulous cocoons of th…
I Can’t Stop Smiling

In a few years we’ll all look back on liberal democracy and fake laugh
What the Heck Is Going on Here?

The world has gone to heck And heck is hell Minus the pleasure
The Brains of the Operation

Inborn intelligence used to be tak… but for some time now it’s gone un… With Artificial Intelligence it c… although after insertion it’s alwa… Nevertheless, everyone seems perfe…
A Mystic and a Materialist Walk Into a Bar

Asked for his thoughts on God the materialist replied Nothing doing The mystic said Exactly
Flamboyantly Gray

On a gray scale Of one to ten I’m a perfect five
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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Only Very Recently Was the Ship of Fools Kitted Out as a Pleasure Craft

I don’t have any delusions of grandeur; I have delusions of posthumous grandeur that would retroactively nullify



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