Poem: Laughable, Ironically

it always feels like at any moment someone is about to say, “is this some kind of joke?”

and all i can say, in reply, is “yes, yes it is”

and they’ll ask further, “well what sort of joke is it then?” and i’ll have no answer.

i’ll laugh. i’ll shrug. i’ll say, “i don’t know, actually” and the laughter will seem insane. unwarranted. weird.

and the joke will be…