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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

To Have or Not to Have? That’s Not a Question

How Existentialism Succumbed to Fatalism

We used to have
the haves and the have nots
 
But then the haves
were further subdivided into
the haves and the have to
 
And I have to tell you
I have to have it
So, I’ll do what I have to do

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Only Desire Overcomes Instinct

You may think that the unconscious Is there to protect you from seein… How the sausage is made Because if you knew You wouldn’t want to eat it
She Wasn’t a Librarian Yet When I Married Her; It Was Only Later That I Found God

My wife is a lot like God If God weren’t perfect Like Him, she’s my toughest criti… But also my fiercest champion
How the West Was Won by Merely Breaking a Few Eggs

You’re supposed to love everybody but everybody knows that’s putting all of your eggs in one ba… so everybody eggs each other on in making a western omelet
The Land of Plenty

There were 102 passengers on the… So why only 101 dalmatians?
Love Puts the Fist in Pacifist

Pacifism is the ultimate weapon For if you can prohibit your enemy From defending himself Then all that’s left Is to love him to death
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s First Name Means “Famous Warrior”, His Last Name Means “Stone of Wit”, and, Famously, He Showed Us That Our Real Battle Is Not to Outwit Ourselves

Per Wittgenstein Words only gain meaning through th… And they are always used in the co… Of the game being played in the mo… So, when we use words
The Perfect Game

You cannot beat God in any sport but you can tie Him in bowling
It’s a Setup

God loves us so much that He sets us up to fail For the journey is infinite As in it never stops And God knew that
Saving Face

Not to be outdone I cut my face off to spite my nose
Those Who Can’t Do, Think

How can you tell the pseudo-intell… From the overly intellectual? The former will tell you how While the latter will tell you to… But since I can’t tell
It’s Only When You Subordinate Yourself to God that You Become Insubordinate to Others

Social media submission guidelines… Submissions mustn’t be original wo… Submissions must be exclusive but the exclusion must be implicit… Submissions are always already ove…
Haiku

She was so cool that even her periods were fashionably late
The Wisdom to Know the Difference

If I could change one thing about… I would stop trying to make myself Impervious to change
Final Score: God Is One– UNIVAC I

More and more it feels as if we are teetering between 1984 and… but 84-33=51 bringing us to 1951 the actual lone year in question
Eros and Thanatos, Together at Last

Social media is a dream come true– Finally, I can keep up appearances while letting myself go



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