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Laughter

Christian Century,  Nov 14, 2006  by Jean Keskulla

Laugher

   When I'm reading a joke out loud
   from a new joke book, I hear
   my voice start to falter, from laughter,
   almost to weep, from laughter,
   the way my sister's voice did as a child
   or a woman, especially if somebody
   made a bathroom joke; and my father's
   voice did, when he wasn't just poking
   fun at someone, when he found
   something really funny; slapstick
   got him laughing that way, sometimes.
   A laughter beyond words, maybe
   beyond grief. As I hear myself
   laughing like them, with them,
   I say: a laughter beyond death.

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