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“Hey Einstein” and “Good Girls”
By Bryan Thao Worra
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Hey, Einstein
”God does not play dice with the universe.”
- Albert Einstein
Playing dice in God’s universe
Doesn’t get you any closer to him.
Understanding craps
Does as much good as knowing old maids.
Random acts of kindness, like one-armed bandits
Have an uncertain payoff.
You can go fish, reach 21 and hit me,
But divine conversations occur
With all of the frequency of a royal straight flush
On a blue moon in the Year of the Dragon
During your final hour on death row, waiting for a pardon.
Unfortunately, beating those odds only happens if you play.
Good Girls
The city beautiful
Is filled with women
I will never meet
The beautiful city
Will never meet
All of the full women I know
The city I know
Will meet beautiful women
Filled with burning nevers
The city is burning, I know
Filled with beautiful meetings
About women who never think
We’re full of it
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Lao American poet Bryan Thao Worra has never
been a superhero poet, but would one day like to be. His work has appeared in
many places, including impromptu placemats, birdcages, and underneath steaming
drinks of cheap hippies hitting on beautiful women without a chance in the
world. He also keeps a website at http://members.aol.com/thaoworra.
He also likes sea monkeys, hermit crabs and stroganoff.
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