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There is a vague plan to develop a product called a “Soul Tart.” Soul Tarts are, as it sounds, little treats for that part of you that finds nourishment in good deeds, rather than in donuts, good as they can be! They’ll be made in the Aphorism Factory, as this one was:

Love
Makes
Sense

this one, too:

Live Small
but don’t
Belittle

Here is an admittedly reactionary one:

Taunts Don’t Matter
Taunts Won’t Work

Come to think of it, a political slogan I coined to counter Trump, and had printed on a tee shirt for trademark protection 3-4 years ago, may qualify as a prototype:

Let America Be America, Again

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