Happy Pill

Some pills are over-the-counter.
Some pills are prescription.
Some pills are under-the-table.
But your pill fills the room.

Your pill is a giggle.
Laughter is a drug.
You clown around
To get your hourly fix.

At night you google
"Asphyxiation"
But when someone
Walks in the room,

You grasp at hope.

Where is the joy in a pun?
Where is the joy in a joke?
Where is your joy
When someone else laughs?

The leaves dance green in spring.
They are still robust in summer.
But in autumn they blush
Before they die.

Break your addiction.
The one that no one knows about.
Break your habit.
Quit feeding the snake.

Seek joy, not humor
Or you will die.
Like the leaves
And comedians.