Funny

 

Would you defrock a Bishop

For wearing a frock?

Would you disable a croc

With a piece of crock?

 

Could we get wet with water

That was not wet

And why take your robotic snake

To the village vet?

 

Is there any correction

For a topsy-turvy world?

If so, to which insane head-shrinker

Could it be referred?

 

Funny, these questions

That I am asking you

For the lines are so blurred

Few have a clear view.

 

 

Gay is not merry

And straight means not gay

And funny as we used to know,

Has come a long way.

 

Cause funny isn’t funny

As we knew back then

And it’s no laughing matter now;

It’s a huge problem.

 

Could a lie be a lie

At the same time it’s true?

And if this could ever happen

What could we do?

 

We’d have to believe it

And doubt it at the same time

And thus, nobody would feel

We are out of our mind.

 

Funny where we are

And how far we have come

To believe the total nonsense

That once was dumb.

 

 

The brighter we get

It seems the dumber we are

And we are missing the mark,

Not narrowly but by far.

 

Do you see what I mean

By this topic funny?

Now, if it is your idea of a joke

It’s not so for me.

 

Stewart Russell © September 18, 2024