laughter is the best medicine

[heresyourfunerl]

what is that you say?
your tone is like a rattlesnake
white noise, and falling nails
just give it up man, not tonight
it is to late for those sandbags

what is that you say?
screaming, take me to a warmer place
somewhere they don't speak up
or maybe they don't recognize us
like a belly of a whale, if you must

laugh, if you can,
cracking ribs
laugh, if you can,
slapping knees.

what is that you say?
while swimming in an oil slick
on black ice, and hardwood floors
just give it up man, not tonight
you are pulled out by the tide

what is that you say?
you are thinking the wrong thoughts
this was not the road you should've took
pulling up asphalt under breaking oaks
empty your pockets, you are coming home.

laugh, if you can,
pulling off fingernails
laugh, if you can,
tumbling nose to tail.