by Susan Bassler
Pickford Member-at-largeComedy:
Middle English, from Medieval Latin comoedia, from Latin, drama with a happy ending,
from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmos revel + aeidein to sing 1300s
Fifty years ago Carol Burnett
Starred in her comedic variety show
Timeless as vaudeville
Slip on a banana peel
Everyone laughs
But not today
Democrats would point to recycling
Or the cutbacks in garbage men’s pay
Republicans would point to failed farm programs
Or the lapse of the work ethic
Independents would point to ineffective littering rules
The ha-ha’s would halt in mid-air
The oxygen needed for a hearty guffaw
Sucked out of the prat fall
Political correctness has made fools of us
Comedy If not impossible, becomes anemic
Society has slipped on a banana peel
And we don’t get the joke
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Evocative Sharp and Poignant!
Thank you.
Great poem Susan, and it even made me laugh! Subtle truths spoken in wonderful satire! I’m still smiling, as I check the bottom of my shoe.
DO YOU MEAN “POLITRICKS?”
WELL SAID BUT NOTHING’S GUNNA CHANGE BUT THE DATE.
THANKS FOR SHARING.
B.W.
Sad reality. Where’s
Pickford?
we do seem to be a country that has lost its sense of humor…even our so-called humor is politicized to the point that it offers no comedic relief. Yes, society has slipped on a banana peel. But thankfully their are artists and creative types that shed insights and offer light and hope to our society. Thank you.