Laugh
I’ve never quite understood it.
Your face starts to change,
the moment forgotten.
Only a glimmer,
quietly stooping
to slink and slither
past squinted eyes – it seems suddenly
caught in the throat, and pushed
through the chest’s convulsions
and spurts – erratic
jerks, now speckled with gags,
and a gangly arc
through the jaw. With copious bounce,
at last it bursts
past bolsters of pent-up madness.
Past bolsters of pent-up madness,
at last it bursts
through the jaw – with copious bounce,
and a gangly arc,
jerks now speckled with gags
and spurts. Erratic,
through the chest’s convulsions;
caught in the throat, and pushed
past squinted eyes. It seems, suddenly,
to slink and slither –
quietly stooping,
only a glimmer.
The moment forgotten,
your face starts to change.
I’ve never quite understood it.