I Gotta Laugh So I Don'T Cry

Sometimes I Gotta Laugh, So I Don't Cry Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke? Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke Moved to a small town to meet some nice folk One said, "Come on over for some apple pie!" I came home to my belongings, all gone or broke Sometimes I gotta laugh, so I don't cry After cleaning the inside, as it was a pigsty I found the outside to be covered in yolk A house in what kind of town did I buy! Am I the punch line for life’s cruel joke? The next morning to a new challenge, I awoke A tornado had come down from the sky Through my new houses roof was a fallen oak Bad luck follows me, don’t ask me why My humor has gone from jovial to wry As I tried to relax in the tub for a soak Snow came through the roof hole I patched *Sigh* Oh geez, I think I’m gonna need a smoke After earthquakes, termites, an angry cowpoke I thought the end to my pitfalls was certainly nigh Should have knocked on wood or thought before I spoke I sit alone with no toilet paper, not even one ply Sometimes I gotta laugh…. November 15, 2022 Pick-A-Title, Vol 33 Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh