I am a story I tell myself The story is a cover-up The cover-up is always worse than… The crime is merely the will to po… The cover-up is giving away my pow…

For the antisemite the Jews’ most galling offense is the audacity of their survival, decoding the latest antisemitic sl… the smear of “Jewish Supremacy”-

Soft totalitarianism is like shoes That are just tight enough To remain comfortable If you don’t go anywhere

Panic in the feeds of Towson Panic in the feeds of Baltimore I sunder too, myself Could life ever obtain again The world wide feeds that load you…

The duel with yourself is whether Your life will be a duel with God Or a duel against others This is the fight of your life And you have two hands

When my dog gives me that knowing… I don’t know what she knows I only know that she knows Who I’m fooling And it isn’t her

Instead of the invisible hand bending self-interest towards the collective good we got the risible glad-hand laughing our selfishness off

Relationships are hard work unless you’ve preemptively announc… that you’re quitting but staying on as a volunteer

We treat life as if Postponing the inevitable When we should be busy Preparing for the inestimable

Life is a test but I’d been treating it like a quiz– which is a preparation for a test– under the assumption that when I d…

In the old country song When Mac Davis sings “Oh lord it’s hard to be humble When you’re perfect in every way” I always assumed

In my second marriage I went all in on being authentic When she left she said that being with me

We can’t fool God But we can fool ourselves into thi… We fooled God The surest way to do so Is to fool ourselves into thinking

Actually, we all died in the pande… Life– I can’t afford not to Pandemic life– I can’t afford to… The afterlife– I can’t afford not…

Nobody wants to feel left out And we’ll do anything to stay in Which is why most people have inni… Right by their guts Because trusting your gut