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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Welcome to Fantasy Island

Brexit is a fantasy
that a people who previously
sat astride a global empire
can now sit apart from globalization
when in reality
if England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
unite
they have nothing to lose
but their supply chains

Altre opere di Chris Gaither...
The Internet Is a Cipher That Makes More Ciphers

What is the internet? It’s not a thing in space and time It’s a nothing in timeless cybersp… You could represent it with– “The symbol zero denoting the abse…
10-4 Means Yes, but 10/7 Means Yes and No

If, after 10/7 you have the chutzpah to ask What just happened? their answer– It didn’t just happen–
Nausea

Of late I always feel like I just got off one of the spinning rides at the county fair but that’s just the sensation of civilization accelerating as it
God Has Our Number

I was painting by the numbers But mysteriously One number kept coming up So, I spent the remainder of my y… Working on a series of one paintin…
God Falls to Pieces so That We Might Come in Pieces

Each of us are broken Off from one another So that together We create our mosaic Moshiach will come
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If You Just Can’t See the World to Come, Try Overcoming Your Fear of Death by Fearing God and Looking Dead Ahead Towards New Life

This world’s highest praise– “Never change”- Is actually a curse Only God and His Torah are uncha… So that in our constant evolution
Warlords Talk You Into Thinking They Are Great Talkers

There is the rule of law Which is self-explanatory Or there is the law of rule Which will always be explained to…
Prey Is Both Verb and Noun, i.e. It’s All-consuming

The biggest change in my lifetime Has been the change in the meaning… They don’t have a prayer It used to mean They don’t have a chance
Crooked Rein, Crooked Rein

When we were kids we liked to spell Mississippi out loud for fun but we never pronounced the S’s–
What Do Dreams and True Stories Have in Common? They Both Require Interpretation.

Early on a Friday morning Just before I awakened My rabbi said, in a dream So, this is the way the Torah wor… But before he could explain
“Old Man Trouble”

Time marches on and for mere mortals it marches to the beat of its own… which is how we got rhythm But the immortals found
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The Ballad of the Essential Worker

The rise in sales of cruelty-free products exactly tracks the increased rate at which its consumers visit cruelty upon
Our Fear That AI Will Kill Us Comes From the Truth That We Would Never Die for It, and If It’s as Smart as It’s Cracked Up to Be, Surely It Knows This

One difference between God and A… Is that God tests our faith Because He has faith in us Whereas AI tests our patience Because it is supposed to make lif…
You Can Tell We’ve Lost Our Composure Because We Can’t Admit It

When civilization was still buildi… deconstruction was all the rage Now that everything we’ve built is… rage is all the rage
Your Life, and Mine, Explained

God knows our weaknesses By heart And always keeps them In mind



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