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wind has taken the roof the house is a boat the TV is out the neighbors are logs floating away

can't laugh

gods, demons, one and the same howling indifference as children stare from out of a cocoon of blankets the auditorium restrooms have lines and rest? there is none and room? there is none

can't laugh

no jokes in the wind a child turns pages of Dumbo The Flying Elephant the Governor declares disaster the waters of life drown the jazz

Mardi Gras? t-shirts, naked tits, drunks, songs Lent will be longer than 40 days, 40 nights

but we'll celebrate dammit we'll celebrate

like the waters will recede we'll laugh again

tell us something funny