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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Side Effects May Include Exclusion

Every story has side effects
but the side effects from true stories
may be life threatening

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It’s Curtains for Britney

When an American marries into a brood of Scots it’s a matter of when and not if we overdo it with the family tarta…
Haiku

I’ve now reached the age when anticipation con– sists of nostalgia
A Compromised Heaven

If the world exists on a continuum between utopia and dystopia but instead of polar opposites utopia and dystopia are both hell then at the exact midpoint
Haiku

After fifteen years of marriage I thought by now I’d have made partner
You Know Not the Day nor the Hour but You Know the Year, or At Least the Decade

Climate change is just the latest chapter in our ever-ending story
Haiku

In a Hegelian reversal, I couldn’t com– plain but it would help
Fail Better Than the Best

Nothing is more anathema to our ti… than a phrase that was still secon… just five minutes ago: May the best man win To understand everything we’ve los…
“I didn’t inhale”

You can’t believe without doubt But if you only believe in doubt Then you’re doubting doubt Which is like Exhaling and exhaling
Let’s Make One Thing Perfectly Clear

When your mind is transparent Your body becomes invisible Because once they’ve made certain You’re thinking all the right thou… They’ll never give you another tho…
All Words Have Meaning, Even if Nothing Else Does

As users of language we give off meaning the same way that plants as users of sunlight give off oxygen
Layers of Hell

Hell is other people Purgatory is other people’s money Heaven is money
Find the Point of Challenge in Your Life and You Have Found the Whole Point

You have bathed in the Fountain o… Every time you wash off the sweat After a hard day’s work
Once You See It, You Can’t Unsee It

A class marker is always written in permanent marker; in a classless society the permanent marker
You’re Not the Sad Clown You Think You Are

The lamppost is an outpost Where it’s safe to admit That between you, me, and the lamp… Self-knowledge is over-rated Self-deception is automated
Inhuman, All Too Inhuman

Every night when I go to sleep my dreams fulfill my dearest wishe… so that I can make it through anot… But the metaverse is a dreamscape where your avatar is only allowed…



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