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Laughter
December 7, 2014
Rumored to lift up spirits
This instrument possessed by flesh
attaches two strings on the cheekbone
and raises it up without consciousness
the funny accents, the voice cracks
the unexpected
spreading faster than the rolling of dotted dominoes
each symbolizing a number
this thing called laughter seems to have no equation
accepting multiplication subtraction
even the awkward parentheses
just let the domino roll and sit back
and enjoy the instrument play its music
© Jenessa W., Reno, NV
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It is just something I felt about laughter. I was examining why people laugh and I could not come to a define reason, which made me write this poem.