a royal court of humans, the funniest s**t i've ever seen

the only peace

that i've actually found

is in my own sardonic rituals and

turning my oneness to a clown's

because in the face

of the humiliating, deprivating,

commodified charade of

life's brevity

it is a comfort to know

that you can take life's joke

and you can put on your red nose

and pretend to laugh along

or you can take my words

those of a jester's

and laugh with your king

like the well isn't poisoned

Author's Note

a sister poem