CHAPTER FOUR

PALETTE THIS:
Why?
do we try
emotionally
to paint everything
Black or White
when
intellectually we know
Life is gray?

MIMIC THIS:
Imitation is:
the greatest form
of
lack of individuality
Flattery is:
often just
lip-service

PROFILE THIS:
people retract
from those who look different
yet
the worst of men
always look
like your next-door neighbor.

PACIFIST THIS:
Call me a wussy
Call me a whore
you can change more minds
with a pen
than a sword.

THIS:
this

TANGO U.
Colleges are:
Institutes of higher-finance
well-meaning Parents
fund the dance.

SUPERFICIAL-CULTURALISTIC-don't be CHAUVENISTIC
Picture everyone turned
inside-out
now who's the most attractive?

SKIN DEEP
A physically beautiful woman
who revels
in her inner resentment
is
far less attractive
than a plain-jane
who
reveals her inner contentment.

NEED TO BREED?
Teach your children
Lifes' values
as
they teach you
the value of Life.

TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR STEED
Singularly-gifted people
whom inspire us with their Art
should be exempt
from modeling-
roles

CHOCK FULL-OF-NUTS
i live in this maze
among the great unwashed
and defiantly slighty crazed.

IN THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
A friend is:
a need ,
indeed.

HELP WANTED:
you see a Doctor
to find out what's wrong
whom
do you see?
to confirm
what's right.

BANG & BLAME
The causes
that made you what you were
are a poor excuse
for failing
to become what
you
can
BE


PENE IN HAND
The difference between
making a statement
and jerking-off
depends upon the intent
behind
your instrument

END OF THE STRING
Today-
only Puppets
have
Bully-Pulpits