The Laughing Floor

You live on earth

in your comfort zone

because on earth

there is earth, air, fire and water

in one form or another

and every time you build

a floor

it laughs beneath you

eroded charcoal

in your drained lungs

irreplaceable

Your tongue turns

into a hardened lingam stone

upon which some may pour milk

you can not swallow

Appreciate the time

when you no longer exist

It was yesterday

It is tomorrow

Now is the time to laugh

at how you build a floor

everyday

always in the hope

of its lasting

when it is already gone

at the first nail

of the joke it tells

Barry G. Wick 2015