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Whatever Happened to Whatever It Is That I Just Said
Sometimes I say something I don’t mean.
Sometimes I say something I don’t mean but just for effect want you to think I mean.
Sometimes I say something I don’t mean just to get a reaction from you.
Sometimes when you say something I don’t agree with, I don’t let on, just to keep from getting into an argument or a debate.
Sometimes I regret having just said something I mean.
Sometimes I regret having just said something I don’t mean.
Sometimes I regret not having said something I meant to say.
Sometimes I say something I mean but realize I gained nothing by saying it.
Sometimes I say something just to get a laugh.
Sometimes I say something I don’t believe just to get a laugh.
Sometimes I say something in a funny way just to soften the blow.
Sometimes I say something in a funny way that neither of us wants to hear. That way, we can both say “ouch!” and face the truth but still get a laugh.
Sometimes I say something tragic with humor.
Sometimes I say something funny to suppress a tear.
Sometimes I make a wisecrack just to keep you at a slight distance.
Sometimes I wisecrack in order to bring you closer.
Sometimes I deflect your anger with a smart remark.
Sometimes I try to get you to laugh, just to help you rise above the darkness.
Sometimes I wish you would make me laugh despite myself.
Sometimes I wish you cared enough about me to make me smile.
Sometimes I make a wisecrack to bond us together.
Sometimes I wish the whole world would take a step back, look around at the cosmic joke, and spend a moment laughing together.
As H.G. Wells said, “To laugh is to awaken.”
Sometimes I want to shake you awake
© Jim Reed 2014 A.D.