I Spoke the Joke

I spoke the joke,

there was silence;

tumbleweed rolled

across the stage;

I turned the page,

‘there’ was another joke,

I spoke ‘that’ joke;

there was no applause,

just some encouraging snores,

and Einstein’s laws

of the gravity

of levity

were reinforced

once again.

	Riverside Peace on The Pineapple in the Room
	Words from a Lentil… on The Pineapple in the Room
	Riverside Peace on The Pineapple in the Room
	Words from a Lentil… on The Pineapple in the Room
	Riverside Peace on The Pineapple in the Room