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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

We Call It The Industrious Watercourse

I thought the Protestant work ethic was a joke when
I saw all the lazy rivers in people’s yards
until I noticed they were each swimming
against the current

Other works by Chris Gaither...
When I Was a Child They Transplanted the First Artificial Heart; Now We All Have Artificial Souls

Relationships are built on trust And the problem isn’t that we cybo… Don’t trust the other side Which was always vanishingly rare But that we don’t trust our own si…
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
Winning Isn’t Everything; It’s the Only Thing

Narrow minds see The narrow odds of making their es… Cleaving to the straight and narro… They’ve cleaved the path in two And because they can still see no…
Like Hostages Blindfolded in the Darkest of Tunnels, We Can’t See the Light with Our Eyes, but Trust and Believe, It Is an Eternal Light and It Shines Forth from an Eternal People Who Will Never Succumb to the Darkness

For human beings the dominant sens… So, coming to our senses Would necessarily involve restorin… By removing our blinders Which keep us from seeing anything
Fill the Void with All Your Favorite Stuff

When we restrict someone’s space i… we say that they are doing time implying that the rest of us are doing spacetime You do time
Subtle Changes Are Often the Most Substantial

The B is silent in subtle but spo… B-cause a B-ing B-comes human by saying the quiet… The B-all and end-all Is the B-ginning and the end
A Certain Je Sais Quoi

It has taken countless scholars decades of toil to translate Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose
It Could Always Be Better

When life gives white people lemon… they make ginger tea lemonade wit…
It’s Still an Uphill Battle if S*** Keeps Rolling Downhill

Now you only get to choose which hill you’re going to comply on
Civilized Behavior

A person is like a cat who puts a bell around its own nec… but continues to hunt
Today, and Today, and Today

Chaucer said All good things must come to an en… Which was widely If begrudgingly Accepted as a good thing
If We Just Retrieve What We’ve Already Learned, the Golden Age Will Be a Fait Accompli

Post-pandemic life is like being a… Who comes home only to find Her parents have replaced Her obviously dead goldfish With a new one
A People Pleaser Can Ghost You Without Ever Leaving

Relationships are hard work unless you’ve preemptively announc… that you’re quitting but staying on as a volunteer
Haiku

The world to come is like a signature look that’s always a new look
I’ll Tell You What They Want, What They Really, Really Want

There was once a time when No Jews allowed Meant No Jews allowed But now they say



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