Just for laughs

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Bill
JUST FOR LAUGHS.



I write this verse for those who may.

Use humour in communiqué.

Witty gems that are so funny.

Cannot be bought for vulgar money.



Give me just one laugh a day.

To keep my sadder thoughts at bay.

I would go that extra mile.

To bring forth a deep-felt smile.



Sometimes it’s easy to be sad.

With all the problems I have had.

But when I read those jokes out loud.

It tends to lift the darkest cloud.



Jokes can lift emotions high.

They make me laugh or sometimes cry.

If they are wicked or filthy.

They tend to make me feel guilty.



I feel I should not laugh at jokes.

That ridicule less able folks.

For I have seen the darker half.

Of these things that make us laugh.



I never seemed to have the mind.

To laugh at things that are unkind.

What some humour does for me.

Is simply raise my empathy.



I am confused to be amused.

With all of my emotions fused.

That which should not make me smile.

Will steal my self-respect a while.



Nonetheless, I giggle too.

At humour aimed at me and you.

Out goes all my good intent.

As it gives way to merriment.



But I can’t seem to help myself.

Humour creeps along with stealth.

Even under saddest cloud.

Suddenly I’ll laugh out loud.



So I pay tribute to the ones.

Who produce the jokes and puns.

They bring me pleasure midst the pain.

A laugh is treasure found again.



B. Withers 2011





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Hi Bill, love your poem. Thank you for sharing this. I look forward to seeing more of your talent in your creative words. Ambies...

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Bill
Hello ambies,Thanks for your post and support. Much of my poetry has reflected a somewhat cynical and negative outlook on life,as well as documenting other people's misery as they have portrayed it to me. I don't think it would be altogether suitable for a site like this, as ostomates have enough troubles of their own without reading about other people's problems. There have been some very suitable chunks of subject matter arising from posts on here that I could possibly convert to rhyming verse. However, before putting pen to paper, I have to be emotionally motivated to do so by something that someone has said. This has to coincide with the availability of enough uninterrupted time to gather my thoughts and compose the verses. This combination of events doesn't happen as much as it used to when I was working full-time in an organisation that regularly pushed my negative emotional buttons. Best wishesBill
nogutz

Bill, I think you're ill, take a pill up on the window sill... lol. Hey, always enjoy your input. About our output. Take care.

Bill
Hello Nogutz.I would like to make a compliment. On your rhyming document. Full-well I know just what you meant. So yours was surely time well-spent. Best wishes Bill
 
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