The punchline wasn’t the real punchline
Or at least it wasn’t funny

She wept.

Like most things
It’s what comes after the punchline that matters most

She wept.
For him.


Comments

6 responses to “punch”

  1. Again you set my mind whirling…with your provocative verse…I love how you are able to make one consider something in so few lines.

  2. medicatedlady Avatar
    medicatedlady

    Thank you very much. This one has been lurking around the periphery for some time now…I finally caught enough of the content to put it on paper.

  3. Bryan Borland Avatar
    Bryan Borland

    And she’s BACK!

  4. jessiecarty Avatar
    jessiecarty

    this totally seems like the opening to something. like a set of poems…mystery!

    glad to have you back ๐Ÿ™‚

  5. This is interesting to me because last night my exchange told me a joke about Kentucky that did not make any sense and, mostly, was just a horrible attempt at making a stereotypical reference to being toothless and inbred. Your poems sums how I felt, minus the crying…

  6. ML – great to have you back around (though the cleaning lady you left ws hilarious)
    wonderful poem – punches you
    punches you hard

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