POEM: The Humorless Giraffe

So now, tell me, Mister Giraffe:

How come I never hear you laugh?

Are you too tall to hear the joke,

or are you just an uptight bloke?

Human humor is elation

vis-a-vis

circumvented expectation.

Since I never do misconstrue,

I never need let them know I knew.

By B Gourley in Animals, humor, poem, Poetry, wildlife on August 9, 2017.