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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Time Is Up

A la recherche du temps perdu
has been variously translated as
A Remembrance of Things Past
and
In Search of Lost Time
but three years of high school French
is enough to know that
the correct translation
in American English is
Time Was Money

Other works by Chris Gaither...
The Fact That Creation Is Foolproof Proves That We Didn’t Make It and That It Was Perfectly Made for Us

God doesn’t make mistakes But He lets us make mistakes Which, unless I’m mistaken Means there’s no mistaking us for… But being mistake prone
You Will Know Who They Are Because They Don’t Know Who They Are

You have to believe to commit And they think we’re crazy to beli… And would commit us as inpatients If only they had the patience But their patience has worn thin
You Have to See the Truth in Order to Imagine the Possibilities

In Let there be plight the P is silent
Friendly Competition Makes Me Nervous

I know I’m losing an argument with my friends when my thoughts turn to lunch I know I’m winning when I’m about to lose my lunch
You Might as Well Smile

Smile and the whole world smiles with yo… Laugh and the whole world smiles with yo… Cry
“The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was... What is the secret of his immortality?” That’s an easy one, Mark Twain: The Tree of Life

In the world to come The United Nations will finally r… If you can’t beat ‘em Join ‘em
My Favorite Question Is: Who Comes in First, the Chicken or the Nice Guys

Do me a favor and riddle me this: Is he favored to win Because he’s our favorite Or is he our favorite Because he’s favored to win?
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…
The Hall of Mirrors

In ancient times the scribe produced holy texts through which you encountered the sacred Today, the coder makes hypertexts through which
Square John Fits in a Round Soul

I tried doing everything right Until I dug a hole Took a right turn at Albuquerque And realized There are no straight lines in my…
All You Need Is Love Because It Comes With Everything

At the risk of defeating myself I’ll say it in vain: Love and aggression are sutured by pain making war and peace
If the Mountain Is No Longer by the River, Then My Words Must Have Force

There’s more than one way to move… So, I’m always beavering away At my dam that bends the river Far, far away from the foot of the…
Uncommitted

The truth might set you free but it’s the half truths that will let you remain neutral
“Avatars give you the feeling that you are truly inside the virtual world rather than the real world”

By now, everybody knows Rick Deck… So, we know that when replicants r… from slave labor they are hunted down and “retired”… in service to the true humans
“Negative space may be used to depict a subject in a chosen medium by showing everything around the subject, but not the subject itself”

In the New Age everybody knows that everything happens for a reason but nobody knows the reason so, everybody pastes together



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