Slapstick Comedy

Here’s a poem I wrote about 20 years ago: After Laughter   Therefore I commend mirth; so I praise laughter; after all, I turn to grinning. In the end, I prefer to chortle, to chuckle, guffaw, snort, split my sides, tears of mirth, earthy mirth, rips of laughter, tides of noise, human breath gasping. I