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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Barrow of Time

Physicists insist that time
can flow both forward and backward
 
So, I always insist on sitting
in the backward facing seats of the train
because I need to be able to see
the past rushing forward
if I am to try and give it
a different ending
this time

Other works by Chris Gaither...
On the Redound

The one path to a sustainable future is understanding that people will only agree to cuts in their standard of livin…
The Tenth Hole in My Body Is My Memory Hole

When I was a baby My mother wiped my bum Social media, then, is the fountai… As I become its obedient child Every time it wipes my memory
Hail to the Chief of Police

He was a Murphy’s law and order R… Everyone who can be locked up will be locked up
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Satisfaction Killed the Cat; Desire Brought It Back

I can’t get no satisfaction except self-satisfaction and I pity the fool who would want that
Why I Am So Unwise

I spent most of my life naively believing that people mean what they say Then I came to understand that even when people don’t mean what t…
Happiness Is a Thin Layer of Gilt

After years of therapy I was able to go from survivor’s guilt to thriver’s guilt
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Double Jeopardy

My dad was a very religious man He always told me You’ve made your bed now you’ve got to not eat in it
“This is a story about control”

I respond to A nail in my tire Like it’s the last nail In my coffin
Razor Wire

They weren’t allowed to forcibly i… but in 2032 the Supreme Court app… for those who refused In a stroke of luck I was assigne… to the “Canadian” tar sands
Can’t Is the End Unless It’s Just the Beginning

The difference between your superego and God is that your superego says You must, but you can’t leaving you with worlds of guilt
Haiku

God’s command to cells was slightly different: be fruitful and divide
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In Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, I Am Cameron

If I’ve learned one thing from Pa… it’s that until I believe in God I will be enslaved to others That would have been enough! But I also learned that
The Secret to Winning Monopoly Is Owning the Electric Company; the Secret to Life Isn’t a Secret (Yet)

The difference between being hungr… And being power hungry Is that hunger can be satisfied This is because God is
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures

As the enormous asteroid hurtled toward Earth I found myself working harder than ever
You Are Perfectly Mistaken (and so Am I)

God doesn’t make mistakes; God makes people People make mistakes And learn from them that God doesn’t make mistakes



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