Life & Bribe

Life is our most irresistible bribe
The offer that we cannot ever refuse
The source of our most ugly justifications.
03.31.11

Fat & Back

The worst health trap is fat
From that, only a few track back.
03.3011

Seeds & Identities

Since we are but seeds
And when and where ever we are sowed
Determines our nationalities, religions, cultures,
Collective personalities, biases, beliefs, and dogmas
Why do we take our programed identities so seriously
And separate into warring factions?
03.29.11

Killing & Worth

If you have to kill to prove your worth
Then you are, indeed, worthless.
03.28.11

Law & Reason

The law’s romantic egalitarianism
Which makes no allowances
For the mentally disturbed and insufficient
Blatantly adjudicates as if we were rational being.
03.27.11

Media & Us

The media
Being meretricious
Ensnare us all into their web
Which should reveal to us
How vulnerable we are.
03.26.11

Purity & Corruption

Corruption endures—purity is ephemeral;
Everything noble upon this planet
Is ultimately corrupted
By human nature.
03.26.11

Love & Truth

Love is toppled by unpleasant truths;
Dare state the facts about a loved one
And watch what happens.
03.24.11

Fools & Prophets

Only fools and prophets
Dare speak the truth.
03.23.11

Metaphysics & Mortality

The exclusive awareness and fear of mortality
Which are not shared by any other animal species
Have engendered the metaphysical dimensions of humanity.
03.22.11

Space & Significance

We occupy such a minuscule space
In our infinite, spreading universe
That we could not possibly feel
That we Amount to much
Were it not for our egos.
03.21.11

Humanity & Dogma

Humanity, throughout its history
Has resisted enlightenment
In favor of dogma.
03.20.11

Programs & Age

It is neither possible to escape
The brain’s youthful programs while young
Nor its geriatric programs while old.
03.19.11

Speach & Disrobing

Once one speaks, one disrobes
And exposes his mind to all.
03.18.11

Waste & Mind

Waste not a breath on one
Who has already made up his mind.
03.17.11

Excellence & Nature

Everything excellent
Is ultimately tainted
By human nature.
03.16.11

Eagerness & Subterfuge

Our eagerness
Betrays our subterfuge.
03.15.11

Governments & Age

Governments, like people, age
Then, given enough time, they become demented.
03.14.10

Tolerance & Fanaticism

The most dangerous attribute of fanatic believers
Is their intolerance of alternate or opposing believers
For whom they have evolved a set of derogatory terms;
We can therefore assess our degrees of fanaticism
By measuring the magnitudes of our intolerance.
03.13.11

Self & Others

We are the most delusional
When we compare and contrast ourselves
To those others that we approve and disapprove of.
03.12.11

Age & Speed

One of the attributes of age
Is an inexorable decline in motion
In the speed and accuracy of movements;
In youth, we find it hard to sit still
In age, with pleasure we repose.
03.11.11

Nurture & Neglect

Love is a garden
When nurtured
Yields flowers
When neglected
Grows weeds.
03.10.11

Reality & Humanity

Everything that dilutes reality
Attracts humanity.
03.09.11

Awe & Submission

Beware of awe
It leads to submission.
03.08.10

Gossip & Awareness

Gossipers delight
At others’ misdeeds
While totally unaware
That their own misdeeds
If they were ever found out
Would provoke equally juicy gossip.
03.07.11

Simplicity & Truth

We always simplify
What we don’t understand
With commonsense explanations
That we come to believe in
Although they’re not true.
03.06.11

Write & Fight

Those who write
Do not fight.
03.05.11

Beauty & Age

With age
Beauty migrates
From without to within.
03.04.11

Favors & Insults

It is far easier
To forget a favor
Than to forget an insult
And much easier
To discharge gratitude
Than to discharge anger.
03.03.11

Popularity & Power

Let us not confuse
Popularity with quality
And power with virtue.
03.02.11

Hunger & Virtue

Dear Lord,
Do not let me go too hungry for too long
Lest I should become vulnerable and succumb.
03.01.11