Why Atheists Scare Theists as Much as Gay Marriage
if you listen,
you can hear God’s truck idle
all through the night.
if you listen,
you can hear Allah’s land cruiser idle
all through the night.
if you listen,
you can hear Heaven’s Gate riding Comet Hale-Bopp
all through the night.
listen less,
and maybe
pick up some trash or something?
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Philosophical Proverbs Should End With a Pessimistic Thud
If you follow the everlasting lines of ancient boards long enough…you’re bound to run into a nail salesman or even the spirits of many a dead tree. ~ The Vigilant Lens
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Stockholm Love Poem Syndrome
you.
a distant landmark,
unfocused and hiding behind
blurry grass.
me.
standing just this side of the blur,
focused on it.
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That’s What Edward James Olmos Said
If Sonny Crockett’s cell phone had survived his last encounter with that DEA-funded drug warlord gang…Philip Michael Thomas might have gone on to fortune and fame.
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Coexisting Our Way to Oblivion
i was stuck in Seattle’s iUseless traffic when,
the bumper-sticker in front of me
opined
that we should coexist.
that hour spent stuck behind the bumper-sticker in front of me
helped me to see
that i had should have been stuck
one vehicle further behind me
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Won’t You Come and Save Me?
Photographing an Idea Before It’s Been Overly Funded
i’m thinking of starting a kickStarter campaign.
it will fund a photo
of a view through a 70-year-old window,
that looks out at even older view.
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The Vigilant Lens 