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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Win, Lose, or Blah

In the first half of life
I tried it your way and succeeded
which is how I got over you
 
In the second half of life
I did it my way and failed
which is how I got over myself

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Citizens Are to See But Are Not Here

Democracy was superseded not by a police state but by a witness protection progra…
“Hello darkness my old friend”

There was no end in sight but we put an end to that by losing our sight And all we could hear was the sound of violence
Man’s Search for Meaning

Instead of using our flashlights to move through the wilderness in the dark, slowly we believe that if we just keep shining them about the dark forest
Huh? My name is What?

The modernist thesis– You’ll know it when you see it The post—modernist antithesis— I can’t believe my own eyes Our current and nameless synthesis…
“All for freedom and for pleasure”

Everybody wants to rule the world And along come the Jews Claiming that God rules the world But nobody wants God to rule the… Because everybody wants to rule th…
So There Is That

I have not loved my neighbor as my… but I have consistently greeted hi… with an insouciant bonhomie
Our Goose Is Cooked

Mother Goose was always considere… a good enough mother Until lately we realized her failure to smother It was unanimous
Both Sides of the Common Coin

Heads I bite my tongue Tails You cut it off
The Wisdom to Know the Difference

If I could change one thing about… I would stop trying to make myself Impervious to change
God Is a Net; We’ve Chosen the Internet

If you make the mistake of believi… there’s no room for error the surest way to avoid making ano… is to keep making the same mistake
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“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
The Unconscious Is Infinite so that Our Consciousness Can Grow Forever

You have to do the right thing aut… At the same time you are doing it… This seems impossible because No one has ever quite done it Which is why you might call it
Haiku

The older that I get, the more wanton lust looks like wanting for love
Consumer Goods Made of Sweetness and Light

In becoming a celebrity a person meets the same kind of de… that a tree does in becoming a Christmas tree– embalmed in sugar
You Wear the New Fitbit Around Your Ankle

While I was waiting for them to come to their senses they came to my house



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