The best lyric poetry
Begins with the proper sadness.
If ape or astronaut die before they are born,
I hope, for a little while at least, you will mourn.
Ricky Gervais told a joke that’s true:
Liberals are not liberal. Some
Will never get that joke.
They will make a face, their stomach
Will churn. Your face and stomach
Will stop any joke from being funny.
The world is unwell. We can no longer
Say what we are anymore. Christians
Are not Christians. Muslims are not
Muslims—even if all the joking stops.
I cannot say anything about anything anymore;
I need to be a divine comic.
I cannot say what I’m saying. And you cannot
Say what you are saying in response—unless we laugh.
The only joke you tell that’s true
Is yours, making fun of you.