Making Fun Of Death

Poems Of Hope, Spirits, The Book Of The Dead

-by Cliff Rhodes

 

Making Fun Of Death

11-06-2011

 

What is funny, other than the relief of the tragic?

Fantastic is our rescue from the horrors of the past.

Laughing brings relief to know of our dangerous proximity.

 

Witness the pleasure to realize that death is not imminent.

Torn between failure and success is always only confusing.

The future is much more fun to realize when there is no funeral.

 

The proof is that yours is not the most immediate catastrophe.

Laughing about your escape is a priceless monstrosity.

It only lets you imagine the horror of your final escape.

Waiting long enough brings the future to the inevitable.

Death will find us all convinced and on the serious side.

Finally will come the day when we only laugh on the inside.

 

There is always a bit of tragedy in our secret laughter.

Past mistakes are funny, only if there is no casualty.

The obvious mistake finds us laughing at ourselves.

Together, laughing with us, are our best friends.

Making fun of us are all of our enemies in hell.

Heaven only has room for those who mean us best.

 

Tragic weapons of our warfare are not funny.

Love, after all, is the most fun under the sun.