Joke That Falls Flat

A man's joke could not trigger laughter: A good one about helicopter Some poor guy often flew in dreams While in true life could not pay for creams; Audience of joke cracker creditors, Who needed prompt cash for auditors; Three with him for their thousand dollars, On that day joke cracker's First callers. "So, why these tales about helicopter And opening an unwished chapter?" Tales might veer to roofs of rafter Now left for Generations after... Joke got the more intolerable, When he said not things honorable They are not leaving him just, like that Each need to show rat he'd turned a cat Yes, jokes could fall flat for bad timing And one can't restore them with miming.