I Laughed So Hard I Can't Breathe

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Aortic Stenosis Isn't All That Squeezes My Heart Today
for Robin Williams 1951-2014

I know I have a epitaph
steaming agony up from a scar
not unlike the one you wore
so proudly funny everywhere.

You'd bare it like your soul,
but little did we understand
that your soul stayed hidden
deeper than wounds on your chest

I laughed in porcine squealed snorts
when you performed your bovine moo
giggled as I thought about wallows
in barnyard goo while you chewed cud

You made me laugh away depression
while it tortured you back to addiction.
How dark was it in those footlights
once you took away your red nose?

Once you wiped off the grease paint,
dear clown, were you afraid to show
the world the face that twisted
sorrow, afraid we wouldn't care?

Now, how will I battle back the dark
that sometimes pokes holes in light
pleasure and memories? Without you
the world is sad and holds fewer joys.

But we will continue because saviours
exist and happiness is always easier
than depression no matter what the bottle
tries to tell you differently. Rest

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6 Comments
darkerdreamerdarkerdreameralmost 8 years ago

I want this recited at my funeral. Some pain and joy is universal, you captured it.

nikkitta101nikkitta101over 9 years ago
rest

That was nice.

twelveoonetwelveooneover 9 years ago
And you thought comedy

was funny?

It takes its toll.

Period on the end of Rest.

5ed

Ashesh9Ashesh9over 9 years ago
Robin Williams

RIP : your sudden , unexpected Death has left the world sadder .............

todski28todski28over 9 years ago
beautifully weighted

Didn't run into trite sentimentality you controlled the emotion with crafted excellence, it conveyed sadness at the loss, a real pleasure in what he gave to you, a sense of resignation that happens when someone passes away when it could have been preventable, your final stanza is wonderful.

I think a in your first line should be "an" it stumbled the start, but I think it added a sense of humanity as if you were actually reading it and made a nervous mistake.

Thank you for sharing champagne, this has been a tough and terrible year all round

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