haiku #10 -- written with brother

the chocolate dog
sitting on the sidewalk. he's
enjoying the sun.

the difference

in math is what remains.
in life is what divides.

michael says:

"knowing what's wise is not necessarily wisdom."

james says x 2:

"i still believe that everything does work out for the best. we just may be wrong about what we think is the best."

carlos says x 2:

"'your life is getting complicated,' he said. 'get rid of whatever it is that's causing you to lose your temper. stay here quietly and rearrange yourself.'"

carlos says:

"he described will as a force which was the true link between men and the world. he was very careful to establish that the world was whatever we perceive, in any manner we may choose to perceive. he maintained that 'perceiving the world' entails a process of apprehending whatever presents itself to us. this particular 'perceiving' is done with our senses and with our will. i asked him if will was a sixth sense. he said it was rather a relation between ourselves and the perceived world."

haiku #9/"crafty cats"

people always tell
me i have an honest face.
little do they know.