No Laughing Matter

A Poem by Pete

Man is the artificer of his own happiness. - Thoreau

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he laughed

no one else was laughing

he laughed some more

still no one laughed

they killed him

there wasn't enough mayonnaise in the rat salad

not enough arthritis in the finger sandwiches

too much sour in the sauerkraut

now they have something to laugh about

© 2020 Pete

Author's Note

"We are made happy when reason can discover no occasion for it. The memory of some past moments is more persuasive than the experience of present ones. There have been visions of such breadth and brightness that these motes were invisible in their light." - Thoreau

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Added on December 11, 2020
Last Updated on December 17, 2020

Author

Pete

Boston, MA

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I love reading, writing, music, nature, God and feeling emotion, not necessarily in that order. To me, these things go hand in hand. My favorite writer is Henry David Thoreau. I think he was a geni.. more..