some jokes, in my world
are rust-proof. like,
any time anyone says anything
about hearing loss
or "going deaf"
it's just so wonderful,
to say "what?"
and then laugh, until you're stopped.

another one goes:
i am drawn to you
like a moth
to a flame
that it really wants to have sex with.

lol, lol, roflmao.

the best part is,
you don't have to worry about offending
any deaf people who might be nearby,
because they can't hear you, anyway.

some people think moths
don't like Back Porch Lights
and "flames"
at all, that they navigate
by the moon,
and then light bulbs stand
like anti-lighthouses, in the sea
of the air. trick
lighthouses. prank
lighthouses.

LEAVE IT TO LEPIDOPTERISTS
to fuck with my Perfect Joke
and your favorite janet jackson song
of all time.

IF IT WASN'T FOR GIRLS
i'd have made it home, by now?
i never mean to be Insensitive.
WE ARE ALL LOST. 2 Not Hear is a sad
deprivation.

what?