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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Unbearable Truth

It always comes down to
what is most important to you
and what is most important to you
is not knowing what is most important to you

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Ghost of Myself

I’m not afraid of rejection– Life is a series of rejections Until you learn that Life goes on I’m afraid of abject humiliation
Once We Were Sullen; Now We’re Anxious

And just like that the safety of ironic distance gave way to the false intimacy of over-proximi…
Wins and Losses

I risked loss And lost; I win
A Watched Bot Always Toils

Privacy is when everyone can see you but no one is watching Surveillance is when no one can see you
Haiku

Actually marr– iage is like riding a tan– dem unicycle
“The ultimate reason is to create a securitized order, a general neutralization of peoples on the basis of a final nonevent... the goal is the end of history... on the basis of a preventive terror putting an end to any possible event”

The pandemic lockdowns were the pa… and penultimate nonevent because o… limits of human imagination– We could only imagine shutting everything down
Living in Harmony with Nature in the Gig Economy

At night in the city you can only see three stars but you still have to give them five stars
All the Signs Were There, but We Missed It

Anxiety, like loneliness, is a sig… that something is very wrong and amidst an epidemic of anxiety with no end in sight the greatest danger lies in
Haiku

If you really loved robins you would stuff your bird feeder full of worms
God’s Reliability Is a Constant Surprise; Try Not to Ruin the Surprise

It’s widely known that A man’s best availability is his a… The highest praise for a man is What would we do without him? But it’s rarely said that
If You Can’t Be with the One You Love, Love the Room You’re In

Pay attention to what is said: “One day we hope to enable every p… to feel as strong a sense of conne… as you feel when you’re physically with someone you love”
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It’s Just Us

We lost our way when we ran out of time and into eternity because space without time
Cleaved to God, Man Always Persists and Cannot Be Defeated; Cleaved from God, Man Defeats Himself in Perpetuity Because Once You Surrender God There Is No Surrender

What is the culture war really bei… The battlefield is littered with c… Those clues are our dead bodies That still walk And talk
Introverts Were Well Prepared for LED Lighting

How many introverts does it take to change a light bulb? None– We turn to an inner light
“There is nothing outside of the text”

Read between the lines: We are behind enemy lines
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