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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

On Halloween I Used to See a Lot of Sonny and Chers; Now I See More Bonnie and Clydes

As long as there have been people
there have been people wearing masks;
the difference now is that
each mask comes with an entire costume

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Life Is Full of Surprises; People Rarely Are

Keep your friends close your enemies closer and your neighbor closest
I Was Crunchy When Crunchy Was Still Cool

People are afraid of change so they change with the times
Post Everything– Churn, Churn, Churn. There’s No Offseason– Churn, Churn, Churn.

I like positive reinforcement As much as the next guy And the next guy Gets a lot of likes So, it’s back to the grindstone
Read ‘Em and Weep

AI didn’t write this poem; it wrote the algorithm that decided whether or not you would read it
God Is One in a Million Little Things

I don’t meet many people with a mind like a steel trap Instead, the really smart people tend to have minds like trawling n… to catch the really big fish
“Echo Base. This is Rogue Two. I’ve found them. Repeat, I’ve found them.”

When I risk loss for those who are lost only then shall we both be found
Relationships Begin with Chemistry and End with Alchemy, but Where Chemistry Is a Science, Alchemy Is a Mystery: The Work of Marriage Is Never Done, Which Is How It’s Done

If the honeymoon is over And things have gone leaden Rejoice, you have a lot of work to… Which is known as the golden age
Choose It or Lose it

We don’t have to take care of our… But we have no choice God doesn’t have to be with us But He always is– The choice is ours
Like Hostages Blindfolded in the Darkest of Tunnels, We Can’t See the Light with Our Eyes, but Trust and Believe, It Is an Eternal Light and It Shines Forth from an Eternal People Who Will Never Succumb to the Darkness

For human beings the dominant sens… So, coming to our senses Would necessarily involve restorin… By removing our blinders Which keep us from seeing anything
I Am Alone

Mysticism, esoteric knowledge, these are euphemisms for what’s hiding in plain sight: We are not alone
In the Age of Paranoia Everyone Will Feel Like They’re Being Followed, Especially by Their Friends

When you cut the umbilical cord children remain reliant on their p… until they start to become self-re… by attaching to their friends as a step towards the full self-re…
With Friends Like These Who Needs the Secret Police

Finding themselves at court in a r… for a body politic gone mad withou… aides could only hope to exploit h… bias in lieu of appeals to his dec…
When You Consent to Cookies, You’re Consenting to Immortality

The word of God is written in invisible ink and must be lived in order to be truly seen unless and until those lives are d…
Oh-oh Here She Comes, She’s an Anteater

Hunting on your own might make you a lone wolf but thinking for yourself makes you a lone ant
Fail Abetter

As the civil war raged on between too much, too soon and too little, too late I thought I’d found



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