Why Did We Laugh? Poem by RIC BASTASA

upon a crazy day i laugh at myself
and i congratulate myself for being healthy

but the guilt somehow lies when i laugh at
other people's miseries, understandably because
it makes our less miserable, ha ha ha

on the other hand, i too, laugh at my own mistakes,
i just can't help it, for no reason at all, ha ha ha

which calls to mind that i may also be justified in
laughing at yours, ha ha ha, makes me feel more

at home with ourselves, laughing at each others' mistakes
and miseries, ha ha ha

i guess you must remember, ha ha ha, we are friends.
if we fall, we fall together, if we rise, the better ha ha ha.