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When Comedy Makes You Feel Sad

I like to laugh, just like you.

It's what makes me happy.

But when I see your inner shrew

It hits me where it hurts.

 

A comedy is meant for laughter.

Tragedy is for the sad.

But what happens when they switch places?

Do things get better or stay bad?

 

I read a book that made me laugh.

The ending was one of romance.

I want to cry because it's fact.

To have that ending, I have no chance.

 

And so laughter cures us all.

But when comedy makes you feel sad,

It's best to try to shrug it off.

Because thinking only makes you mad.

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Aug 9, 2011
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