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The Fruits of Your Mind

By Chris ZPublished 2 years ago • Updated 2 years ago • 1 min read

Humankind

having ample

exemplars to sample

Hath deemed the fruits of your mind

void of substance

subsurface to rind.

Your comments were unkind

shortsighted, short of blind.

Your cognition must be lead lined.

Your conscience must have been resigned.

You’re deadweight,

and long ago

should have become

bilge, cut bait, jetsam, chum.

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Chris Z

My opinion column garnered more reader responses than any other contributor in the paper's 40-year run. As a stand-up comic, I performed in 16 countries & 26 states. I've written 2 one-man shows, umpteen poems, songs, essays & chronologies.

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