The Penitent's Cure for Postmodernism

My life is a tale of progress, albeit halting,

A testament to my flaws and a God well worth exalting

So I find it most opaque, given new years which old surpass,

Why I should feel affection for my self and my times past.

My next step forward is deciphering why it should ever be

That I harbor this nostalgia for old habits bad for me.

The Graduate's Cure for Postmodernism

The same old stories

Mean what they meant before

They were memories.

The Three-Year-Old's Cure for Postmodernism

Shiny shiny go machine

Takes me to butterfly fields

Of green and magic.

The Five-Year-Old's Cure for Postmodernism

So what if the world

Is telling me what to be?

I'll just plug my ears.

The Doctor's Cure for Postmodernism

No sense living by

A philosophy for your

Terminal patients.

The Cartoon Supervillain's Cure for Postmodernism

Can you really call

Progress toward the end of

All things “progress?” Sure.

The Teenager's Cure for Postmodernism

Do or do not. There

Is no time to think about

Why you're doing it.

The Transient's Cure for Postmodernism

Straight streets, rational

Space, but not all who wander,

The lost, make progress.

The Angry Girlfriend's Cure for Postmodernism

If it means nothing,

and it's not going somewhere,

Just break up with it.

The Angry Boyfriend's Cure for Postmodernism

You think way too much

About things that don't matter.

In fact, just shut up.

The Zombie's Cure for Postmodernism

Consume everything

You can get your hands or teeth

On–so act normal.

The Sailor-On-Shore-Leave's Cure for Postmodernism

Take life for granted

Every day for two weeks. It

Should clear up by then.

The Postmodern Cure for Postmodernism

Should I talk about

Simulacra of doctors

Or progress toward health?

The Absurdest Cure for Postmodernism

This light tastes salty.

The British are Coming Soon!

Bet it all on black.

The Pop Historian's Cure for Postmodernism

The Romans had a

Postmodern-ish period.

It ended. Wait, what?

The Zen Buddhist's and/or Montana Weather Forecaster's Cure for Postmodernism

If you ignore it

It will probably go away–

Or maybe you will.

The Corny Motivational Poster's Cure for Postmodernism (As Reinterpreted by Carlos Santana)

Be the 'you' you want

To see in the world; watch it

Change to suit you mood.

The Corny Motivational Poster's Cure for Postmodernism

Be the small-scale change

You want to see in the world.

Progress needn't be huge.

The Puritan Cure for Postmodernism

Keep working. If you

See yourself progress, who cares

What some critic said?

The Pragmatist's Cure for Postmodernism

Treat words like they mean

Something, unless the other way

Is more comfortable.