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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Great Pretender

There are no endings
neither happy nor sad–
Does this make you happy or sad?
 
I pretend to answer the question
by preferring songs that end
to those that just fade out
but that’s just my way
of putting the ending
in pretending

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Haiku

She was so cool that even her periods were fashionably late
Adam and Eve Got Dressed for Success

The only reason that people wear clothes is because they have language
“Remind yourself that breath-holding spells are not hurting the child and that the child will grow out of them in time”

The ferocity of narcissistic rage Is in direct proportion to the dis… The depths of their contempt And the heights of their self-rega… Healing for the narcissist will on…
Seven Ways for the World to End Without Completely Ending, Ranked

7. “Strategic” nuclear war: Assured destruction = yes, but mut… 6. Giant asteroid hits earth: No one to blame 5. Cyber war:
You Aren’t Free to Choose Your Desire, but You Are Free to Follow It

Lao Tse said of the Tao that “You can use it any way you want” Jacques Lacan further insisted th… you should only use it the way you… when he said
Only Very Recently Was the Ship of Fools Kitted Out as a Pleasure Craft

I don’t have any delusions of grandeur; I have delusions of posthumous grandeur that would retroactively nullify
No Such Thing

Lunch is born free but everywhere is in chain restaurants
I Am That I Am and Rules Are Rules

All words are defined by other words except for God’s rule
The Circle Is Eternal, Without Beginning or End

We fear that the long game Is a long, lost game Because we find ourselves lost Forgetting how, on the surface of… We can plow forward in trust
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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
Why Is College So Expensive? So No One Can Afford to Tell the Truth

Higher education purports to prepare you for life when really it exists to indebt you for life, expanding campus ideology
Denial

I was shunned And all I can think about is What will happen if I am shunned
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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Fish & Chips

The day I found out I was as deep as a basket of botto… was the same day I learned that the problem with fishing for compl… is that you can’t throw them back
Let’s Be Real Friends Forever

If we insist It’s not a competition It becomes A war If we admit



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