The American Joke

Tales of riddles

But this isn’t one.

Crying is of no use to anyone now

Learn to take a lesson!

Find out what you thought

Was what you didn’t know.

Finding out the truth

In an angry outburst late one night.

Where the innocent was referred to as a pal

To someone important.

Forlorn while around the consort

No dissemination

Communication.

I wonder how many times

This joke

Has been told.

Shameful trysts

Indecent trust

Iridescent tirades.

Hope found in lost spaces

Found in hidden spectacles

This joke that is told

Can only be

Said

In silence.