Laughter

[Wjames]

I slipped and fell on some black ice
when no one was around;
I cursed and moaned my every vice,
and wore a sullen frown.

I did the same with some old friends
after some drinks and tokes;
I split my sides and wore a grin
before the first bad joke.

[Mikolaj]

I really like the style in which you wrote it and the mood of it. Jim Morrison once said that if poetry aims to achive anything its to deliver people from the limited ways in which they see and feel... I think your poem does exactly that

[Wjames]

Thanks, I wrote it after watching a TED talk about the purpose of laughter, I stole the idea from that.

[justcloudy]

I like poems I'm drawn to reread the second I finish them; this was one. Love the lightness, the brevity, and the subject matter. Thanks for the read!

-jc

[Wjames]

Thanks JC, I'm glad you like it!

[Mark A Becker]

Hey WJ- reminds me of one I did about falling on wet leaves. Odd (to me, from the DC area) that you'd write about black ice in May.

Also read your comment about stealing, and I am a proud thief myself. I'm currently trying to lift and "re-work" several gems from Collum McCann's "Let the Great World Spin". (SHH... don't tell anyone).

... Mark

[Wjames]

Thanks Mark, good to see you back here.

Yes, this wasn't inspired by real life events as I said, but the TED talk. The woman highlighted a youtube video featuring a German (I think it was German) metal band, where one of the members tries to cannonball through a sheet of ice to predictably poor results, which got everyone in the band laughing hysterically, once they could see the guy was ok - I think that's where the ice came from here.