The Shards of Laughter

Inspired my Peter Tork's persona in "The Monkees" - particularly in "Head".

 

The air

around her

    is filtered through

the shards

of laughter

 

Though

    she cannot find

            a

single,

sardonic

                  tone

 

   hiding

 

The inner despair

           lurks

     knock

     knock

     knocking

at the side door

 

            The guests

      don’t seem to get the

                        paradox

but the relations seem to

      at least       understand

the complexity

involved

 

I bow and shake my head

            because

I know the reason

behind

     her movements

fluid like melting sand

            and sharp as wit.

Author's Note

You understand.