For a recluse writer, 
conversations can be overload,
so how do poet's say
hello?

Hey, haven't we metaphor?

I'm feeling like some real
                  Italian.
No fake pizza.
      Quack chicken parm. 
           What do you call a 
                    fake noodle?

An impasta.

What did the 
left eye
say
      to 
           the 
                 right eye?

Between you and me,

                  something 

                             smells.

After the work day,
I can't move.

So what kind of 
          EXERCISE
do lazy people do?

             Diddly-squats.

Never one for
grandiosity, 
my son asks me, 
"Mom, 
where are the
         average things
manufactured?"

"Well, the satisfactory, of course.

GloPoWriMo #13 Now, try writing a short poem (or a few, if you’re inspired) that follows the beats of a classic joke. Emphasize the interplay between the form of the poem – such as the line breaks – and the punchline.