On Balance

All that can balance a thing is its opposite.

Chance & change

Is there no chance of change where there is no change of chance?

Affinity & repetition

There is no persuasion like affinity, but repetition convinces more disposed to hesitate.

AI or human

"AI or human" is a false dichotomy.

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Death is

Death is not he, nor she, nor it; death is not, and so death is.

I prefer to believe

I prefer to believe that truth trumps what I prefer to believe.

But I won't love

I may love what I don't know (or what I know of it), but I won't love what I can't know.

We will choose

We will choose ten sad words over three happy ones.

Despoiled

Heaven would be despoiled by the presence of any other soul, and equally by the oppressive loneliness without one.

Show me

Before you tell me it is not enough, show me what you have done.

Except when

Home is not brave except when home is brave.

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On AI

An AI is just another imagined self. Maybe.

A poem is

A poem is a condensation of perception.

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Life's play

You have dismissed my life's work, but I am safe in my life's play.

If you don't

If you don't know the words, hum the tune.

Never

Injustice can never do justice's job.

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How we long to return

How we long to return to the way we used to think we were.

Milestone

I feel it worth remarking that I have hit the milestone of 10,000 poems written and posted on this site.

That ain't nothing.

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All's well

All's well where all is redeemable.

How brief and deficient

How brief and deficient the erotic
without the sustaining taint of the exotic!

Never

Injustice can never do justice's job.

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To return

How we long to return to the way we used to think we were.

As democracy is perfected (Mencken)

As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

H. L. Mencken

All's well

All's well where all is redeemable.

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Brief and deficient

How brief and deficient the erotic
without the sustaining taint of the exotic!

Our best living poets (ChatGPT)

Our best living poets may be those we are structurally unequipped to recognize.

ChatGPT

On injustice

Injustice invalidates authority.

From the east

The light comes from the east,
but so does the darkness.

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On society

Society is a no-no to a yes like me.