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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

In the Three’s Company of Strangers

As the world closed in
the Pollyanna sought
safety in numbers
only to find herself
taking a number

Autres oeuvres par Chris Gaither...
“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
Write What You Know

Afraid that everything I wanted was nothing to write home about I was left with nothing to write home about
Some Men Buy Trucks

I bought a Toyota because it’s bulletproof to compensate for the fact that I’m not even rubber bulletproof
How God Judges Us Fairly

Life isn’t fair But we are all equals In the struggle To stay out of judging others For failing at their struggles–
Asked for a Detailed Account of the Present Moment, I Said “No Sweat”

Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all big stuff.
I’ll Tell You a Secret– Father Knows Best Really Means Decide for Yourself; Decide for Yourself If You Believe Me

The smartest gal in the room Is the one who realizes All the adults in the room Are emotional children Behaving like holy terrors
Utopiary

I believe in a future in which man perfects the art of expressing his discontent in bushes that look like clouds
The Death of Todd

All plants and animals die But only human life is A near-death experience Immortality, then Wil be the death of man
The Play’s the Thing

I try to win but I don’t play to win; I play to play
Oral B-minus

Would my dentist still want me to floss if he knew that’s how I justified not going to the dentist
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 shall go on to the end. We shall fight... whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”

Facing a fate worse than death– Immortality with neither body nor… Because Nothing ventured, nothing lost– Life is worth dying for
Imagine That

The Real is meaningless but doesn’t lack meaning The Symbolic is meaningful but can lack all meaning We can only navigate
The Narcissist Has a False Self, the False Self Has a Curated Self, and the Curated Self Wears a Mask

Mehmet Murat ildan is correct when he says “Man has only one face, but a thousand masks” I would only add that
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I Disagree

Reasonable people can disagree By agreeing to disagree But unreasonable people Can’t disagree on anything So, they have to agree on everythi…



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