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.

I refuse

I refuse to refuse, and I refuse to refuse to refuse.

On the soul

The soul is a construct. The concept of the soul is a construct, but so is the soul itself.

On time

An hour makes more sense than a year.

On rituals

Even rituals of understanding are rituals of confusion.