literature

pathos as a punchline

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Literature Text

and then, mid-rinse, it hit me.

there's something a touch more troubling
about quiet desperation
showing its face during the
familiar & commonplace.

weeping in the shower; fully lathered,
ears ringing.

red-eyed in the mirror;
shaving cream scattered,
small cut crowning
a procession of teeth.

crying at breakfast;
full stack of pancakes
cooling on the table.

miserable at brunch;
spinach quiche crumbles
collecting on the chin.

it's a fully realized sadness
fit to laugh at, on the screen.
it's a swallowing despair
to bear in skin.
human laughtrack and/or deviantart imitates life
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ilyilaice's avatar
I loved this poem because it was sad and strangely funny. And I loved the last stanza a lot.