Ha Ha Haa! ! Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

Ha ha ha haa! !

They come across funny
Finding humour in things absurd

Nothing they do, they do not jest about
Inside and out

They do racial jokes
Belittle other blokes

They can be sexist
even Marxist

Even joke about nuclear war
The suffering of survivors even more

The more people laugh
the more they feel tough
to the extent reality and humour blend
going round the bend
as if drunk on nitrogen
Or, overdosed on nitrous oxide
laughing offside

By the time they realise the jokes are stale
There is a story to tell
The only people laughing
Ha ha ha haa! ! !
are comedians

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