Discovering the Ultimate Punchline
Heather has a Bachelor's Degree in English from Moravian College and has been freelance writing for more than 14 years.
Found several occasions to smile about pleasantness
Sometimes considerably hard to find humor in everything
Especially when feeling so cynical about faith in humanity
Disappointed and burned one too many times by fellow man
Was accused of being happy once, but not sure if that was true
Just felt a need to be silly over the randomness of the week day
Don't wake up and see technicolor and hear singing birds
That would earn anyone a quick trip to a padded cell
Mainly working hard and getting through each day
With a modicum level of sanity intact and expectations really low
Won't be defeated when friends and neighbors fall short of them
Left room for the once in a blue moon surprise to sneak in
Cause a genuinely nice ruckus to an otherwise humdrum existence
Realized that life wasn't just about routines and gags
An actual story was involved in the subtext
Something that not many stand-up comedians can grasp
Usually reaching for punchlines and stale frat boy humor
Securing lukewarm laughs when others are getting specials on cable
Creating half-baked personas that were likely more true to life
Than they were willing to admit to prospective partners
Recently got out of a two year prison sentence with one failed comic
Who had some comedy books published by a small company
Read one and thought the humor was only mildly amusing
Rest was the same old stuff executed before by better comics
Who didn't drop their comedic humor bomb too soon or wrong way
Disposed of literary reminder of this joke of a person in recycle bin
No one would want to buy; let alone read it for free
Searching for better ways to find decent and legitimate comedy
Need try harder to find a reason to laugh properly
Even at the most mundane of affairs
An hour's long trip to the DMV can be decently funny
With the right material to set-up the joke and a knockout punchline
Delivering the final blow when everyone was rolling over with laughter
Needed a dose of much needed sorely lacking optimism
Defeated by the haves and the have nots too many times
Battle sore and weary from fighting unnecessary wars
Ready for some peace, quiet and holiday cheer
Some goodwill towards fellow man would be an added bonus
Unsure how that will play out though with the goodwill part
Trouble finding the opposite species very trustworthy
Due to Mr. Not So Funny hogging up the airwaves
With some inappropriate jokes and a brash attitude
Made it hard to digest and see past to anyone better
Looking to close both eyes and wait for the clouds to clear
Let the sun shine though and hopefully bring a new outlook
Generate a new future that only looks ahead and not back.