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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

The Wishbone’s Connected to the Collarbone

Where my father’s faith
led him to wear a clerical collar
I struggle with faith
much as I do with ring around the collar

Other works by Chris Gaither...
“Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin reported they successfully used a brain scanner paired with an AI language model to glean the gist of a person’s thoughts and translate them into words”

When anything you think Can and will be used against you The purpose of state-funded educat… Will be learning not to think As the doyens of higher learning
Having Ruled Out the Breath of God, the Unbeliever Can but Feel Something Breathing Down His Neck

Having heard that God is everywhe… and failing to see Him anywhere the unbeliever deduces that God is neither here nor there when, in fact, God is in the air
I Might Have Known

They couldn’t have been more obvio… in their preparations for the surp… trusting that I was the type loathe to ruin my own surprise
Haiku

God’s command to cells was slightly different: be fruitful and divide
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Haiku

If new car smell lasts forever you will not be able to smell it
The American Democratic Republic

If as according to us their problem is being worse than… at least they can get better But our problem
Meet the New Me, Same as the Old Me

Unlike Saul, when the scales fell from my eyes I learned I was a serpent, sheddi…
You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike, but You Have to Forget How to Walk

Learning how to walk is learning how to fall forward while remembering to catch yoursel… again and again Walking is the illusion
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What a Difference Our Fear Makes

You can tell the difference Between those who are interested i… And those who are interested in se… By noticing those Who pay lip service to service
Cleaning Up After Myself

The brain is the heart’s fifth chamber and I am the chambermaid
I Was Born into a Family, but I Wasn’t a Member Until I Paid the Price of Admission

All raw deals Are some version of the following: If we screw up You’ll keep your mouth shut Because if you draw attention to i…
The Three Amigos

A materialist looks around at ever… It’s all an accident His friend, the believer, adds his… It was an accident waiting to happ… The materialist and the believer a…
TaBula Rasa

TaB Clear whose only selling point was its clearness was offered exclusively in aluminum cans
In the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Ate Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; In the Fall of Cyborgs, We Just Fell Through a Hole

I’ve done the math and the whole is only greater than the sum of its parts when the group is made up of individuals
Ahhh

In a real life version of the ugly duckling discovering h… I was the reject popsicle stick who at long last found out I was a handy tongue depressor



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