Late Night Comedy Show Jokes

i am made up
in equal parts of what i believe 
and 
in equal parts, i believe in 
what i am made up of.

you break me down and you've got
equalityfreedomwomansrightsproch
oiceantibullyingantistigma-
herpes.

it makes no difference to
you 
what happens when I take my pants 
off.
but somewhere along the line I 
became a 
**** a whore a promiscuous little girl 
with no rules and regulations about 
who 
sticks their dick inside me until I'm 
infected with everything wrong in the 
world-
herpes.

they sell you protection in the form of 
condom boxes,
tied up in ribbons that say things 
like,
happy anniversary happy birthday 
happy Thursday happy **** me 
happy little ***** at the bar i can get 
my hands onto.

sex education is 
vacant and expressionless and 
i fell victim to 
don't get pregnant don't get pregnant 
don't.
get.
pregnant. 
oh **** what the **** is happening to 
my insides and my outsides and 
please dear god let the burning stop.

this isn't some blame game,
this isn't some speech,
this is a plea and a please stop 
satirizing my life 
with your late night comedy show 
jokes about my ******. 

my herpes 
not yours 
not my next door neighbors 
not the pharmacists 
not the doctors
not yours.

So get down off your high horse and
try to figure out how
you
will avoid an infection that affects
80% of the population and why
we are all so damn afraid of it. 

Herpes isn't hereditary but ignorance 
is.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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MARCUS Avatar
September 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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A  Avatar
January 7, 2016 at 5:54 PM
LOL, Enjoying this poem again... I got to FAV this poem... Just the concept of the reality makes me think ... yuuuupppp... Love SKAT
Miers Avatar
May 29, 2014 at 5:40 PM
herpes...hell...its just another somethin'.tough, tough. bring down the heavens and let the oceans boil . flesh and blood. its all in the blood. very well written. almost scary.
Khan Avatar
May 23, 2014 at 12:06 AM
Welcome to the world of poets :) I hope you're gonna enjoy here as doing I am :) Very well written poem I must say..Good luck Faith and have Faith :) :)
Gozzo Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 9:49 PM
Very daring I love how you exposed taboo issues in a fearless manner. Keep on writing you have great voice in this!
Gibson Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 4:10 PM
Welcome to Poetry Soup, Living Faith. Hope you find much support here. Comment on the poems of other members and they will return the favor. Best wishes.
A  Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 1:07 PM
WOW, WOW, Living Faith about your first poem on poetry soup.. Herpes,... Ouch! WHAT A POEM!!! , Stopping by with a nice, sweet Welcome to Poetry Soup. I will get much delight, in reading and in time become familiar with your verse. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile, others passed, when I first join the soup 4 years ago. I wish you the best when it comes to your compositions. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here. Starting with me. SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
Andresen Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 12:21 PM
- Warm welcome to PoetrySoup, L.F. :) - I choose your first great written free verse - Nice to meet you :) - Hope you will be satisfied with our "soup family" - we are many .. but has plenty of room for you too- PoetrySoup Rule1: Be kind and keep PoetrySoup a haven. PoetrySoup is a drama free zone(Comment on the poetry of others and they will comment on yours.) Thank you posted your words and thoughts here, I want to come back to read more another day. - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
Hyler Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 11:17 AM
Thank you for sharing :)
A   Avatar
May 19, 2014 at 3:44 AM
Faith, A nice warm WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you enjoy the community, as I did when I first join, March 2010. You'll find many friendly poets, who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I want to be the first to invite you on over, to the contest page. I OFFER MY CONTEST, in hopes it inspires you to write another poem. I'm looking forward to following you and your poetry ha-ha a special pair:) here's the link to the contest page. http://www.poetrysoup.com/poetry_contests/ <---~Take Care!! From: your new poet friend @-> LINDA <-@
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