Practical jokes
are played on some folks
with a sign on a back that says ‘kick me’,
or a chair with a cushion saying whoopie.
Mild and such very old jokes.
Good humour is lost
when ridicule’s the goal.
Sensitivities hurt
when bad jokes do roll.
Is either one wrong ~
to not laugh at what other’s find funny?
or to laugh when someone may hurt?
The joke is on all
when humour turns mean,
or when meanness is
disguised as a joke.
“Ridicule often checks what is absurd, and
fully as often smothers that which is noble.”
~ Sir Walter Scott
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