jokes by David Appelbaum

from outer space

(where they come from)

reach a limit—

thin skin

as if a laugh

were they way to catch

one’s fall

nostalgia

prefers tears

(salt, the sea

the way home)

in love with replays

slapstick

always repeats itself

a moment shows off

proud smiles

toward other falls

prickles

(a portmanteau)

reminder how close

to breakdown

it really is

no joke

can save us now

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David Appelbaum has worked in the university and in publishing, and is an author who specializes in the work of writing.  His most recent books include notes on water: an aqueous phenomenology [Monkfish, 2018].