Some Things Are Not Funny
Some things are not funny.
Some words strike terror into our brains
Some ideas will never be popular.
It is difficult to think up a poem
that will not offend someone.
So the trick is to think up a poem
that delights you.
Whether or not it resonates with
any other people at all does not matter
as much as this …..did you enjoy creating it?
You should not pick up the donkey and carry
it to please a neighbor who feels sorry for donkeys, at
the risk of your own back, right?
I had an idea for a poem today that I thought
might offend everyone. It made me smile for just a second.
Then I thought better of it. I am way too socialized to do this to myself.
Some words are not funny. Some words are immediately offensive.
Corpses are not funny. Even if you make them dance and sing.
Can you make them shake their booty? Yes, in poetry you can.
But frankly you might offend everyone.
Warning Will Robinson!
Warning! Some ideas
are offensive.
So
Be
Careful….
Copyright © Caren Krutsinger | Year Posted 2019
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