Not Serious Poem What is funny? Right!   This time i’m writing a poem that’s not too serious Ohh-kaay … gotta have some gravitas though  As a matter of fact it has.  But we’re accessing that with a Lighter Tone - quirky Ham-it-up-a-bit! Yeah … don’t go berserk though.  None of ya frightening stuff.  Something that might work on the slam-circuit.  Nudges the listener … not bludgeons … Maaate!  Nice Mind-lattice.  I’m .. Ohr wait:   gotta make it rhyme … Right, so the judges’ll know it’s poetry …   & don’t forget ta repeat a line  - to amplify significance  & don’t forget ta repeat a line - to amplify significance   Before we explore further, First Law: - we can’t be talking about:  The C-word.         &/Or:   THE V-word  -  w e’ve all moved on Got it.   Though … it’s been said that poetry is : speaking the unspeakable Cool. But it breaks our Golden Rule :   not funny Weelll … it’s funny you should mention that … coz technically  …  it is:   it’s funny peculiar … at a minimum How’s that ? Bat Lady .. Batman .. & .. The Virus Hunter:  cook-up: a Super Bat Virus … in …:    The Bat Lab  Using real nicknames they’d already given themselves … Holy Pandemic Potential! Hope security was tight … Yeah-nope. Whoops …  Relax - by chance, the Bat Pack had been working on:   the exact vaccine variant to fix it!  & btw:  China’s brand of Totalitarianism is:    “open & transparent”   Huhhuhhuh!      Yeah-but  - you’d have to admit …it did catapult us into a dystopian Science-fiction Movie  -  including:  Draconian Restrictions on: all Freedoms  -  AI Surveillance - literally up ya gazoo  … Yeah, how do they even do that sewerage testing?  That too, but i meant the anal swabs they implemented in China Shit yeah, i’m wondering-  That’s too dark  bro :  not funny Agreed - anal recognition technology is going too far.     Academy Award Let’s forget that -  strip it right  back: How ‘bout:   THE Academy Award for Slap-Stick Comedy as a model ? Yeah …  where are you going with this?  Happening at  -  that  - exact moment in money-time -  when:     THE Media   -  pivots  -  from:  talking about THE C-word - incessantly - total cover-up crap, but non-stop  …  right up to:   THE Slap   Starring?: (baritone announcer voice) Will Smith - with Chris Rock   A Tragic-Comedy  … that’ll shock you   … into forgetting that …   :  THE C-word ever happened Best supporting actors?:   Every other Hollywood  Cock-head  in Attendance   Yeah - that was hilarious - could barely wipe the tears away - but- Yo - let’s do that - THE Hollywood Slap : as:     a  found poem !    We could go viral! Yeah … or not.  Meanwhile, let’s get back to- Re-enact it - right here n now! If i say the C-word out loud -  anyone -  is invited to  come out of the audience …  whack me one in the chops. (hand wave-off gesturing) No, as i said, we’re- But Instead of …  a Slap …    let’s up the ante … kickbox me in the fucking head.  Any volunteers?   Oo-kaay - stay in your seats!    We’re only brainstorming here  …   Netflix   Let’s get Back to basics:  something funny ...   something we know works .. don’t need to reinvent-the-wheel here folks …  Man - i know !     How about some transphobic jokes … ! …? No  -  wouldn’t have thought so mate  -  no. Why not?  loadsa famous comedians make excellent money off it on Netflix Netflix is crap I watched Netflix-Ricky's Special  … Why would you do that?  Do you know what the funniest bit was? No mate Zero mention of:    (whisper) THE C or V-words World altering event - ladies & gentlemen - i present the insights of comic genius: Ricky Gervais - broadcasting live from:   the-thick-of-it !  Radio silence….   Ohrrrr …  good job.   Now you’ve gone n fucked this poem up with:  ya problematic ranting.  What happened to our something-funny -mantra? Oh yeah, i still wanna do that … Man, better make it quick - this poem is nearly ended …  Sorry - i got it -  this’ll crack-u-up: Why didn’t the chicken cross the road?   Don’t know mate - why didn’t it? It couldn’t - coz it wasn’t triple-vaxxed!   Haha … so it woulda got tasered arrested & maced - then had its Covidiot Chicken-Head smashed into the concrete!     Hahaha …  Uhmm … no mate.  Need i say, it doesn’t rhyme, moreover, it’s not funny.  That literally happened to Freedom Protesters in Victoria  Ohrr …   Chickens or humans? Humans mate Oh-kay.      So it's:  too sad ? Yeah - very sad   i know - ok  ok  …  got it … To the point mate Went to a friend’s barby the other night - she lit up a number/the party - it was amazing gunja - instant-lively kind … discussion flowing like crazy Then she lit up a second - a fat one - i said:  Ohr - you wanna go another one already?!  She said  -  exhaling  -  passing the joint: Why not?  Is there some kinda law against that?