Other people's words

If you only hear other people's words as triggers to tell your own story, beware.

Locks (Stallings)

As we shut each door,
It locks: we cannot enter anymore.

A. E. Stallings, from "Lost and Found"

And this is why Mom doesn't fix her own computer

Btw, it worked.

Frightening

What kind of mind decides to worship what it fears?

To excuse

We are much quicker to excuse what we like or deem customary or necessary.

Every day

Every day is an anniversary of infinity.

The path

If suffering is the only path to achievement,
how far along it should we travel?

On religion

Religion is the ketchup of philosophy.

New poems

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Nothing

Nothing is as disturbing as realizing what your friends and neighbors think is real and true.

Pretense/Pose

There are worse things than false bonhomie, but not many.