Make sure to laugh everyday…it’s good for your health.

#16 LAUGHTER

You faced the huge
alligator rising toward you.
Flinched
at the tail cracking
wump
exploding
across the water
in a million droplets
the snarling
rushing forward mouth parts
flashing
right at you
tingling fear
along your spine.

The way you put that
before finding
you were safe all along
watching from the board walk
makes me laugh.

Somehow, you and I always find a way.

My friend,
your rush of air
sweeps out through teeth
drawn back like mine
our lips dripping only smiles
in and out
two wading birds
feeding stories
side by side
dipping
dropping
our chortles
cascading through the air
onto half-submerged gator eyes
blinking harmlessly back up.