For Robin Williams, 1951-2014

Laughter

For Robin Williams, 1951-2014

I.             The act of kissing

                                Tongues sculpt one another

                Of thinking well

                                Amygdala and frontal lobe

                Or thought-less-ness

                                Walking that writhing path

II.            The art of fight

                                Hot oil onto marauders

                Of running from

                                Tunneling.  Camouflage

                Or right struggle

                                Piecing together shards

III.           The chore of laughing

                                When gods abandon

                Of keeping pace

                                With giants, youth

                Or kicking the habit

                                And it falls back to earth

               

IV.          The man of tears and mouth

                                Feverish creative

               Of stage, Robin Williams

                                Hanged at sixty-three

               Or numb and wondering

                                If lungs filled and feinted with

V.            Laughter