You asked me to make you cry....

In ways more than one,

I tried hard

to accommodate your request

I told you a sad story,

but you laughed.

I cast a tragic movie,

You yawned!

Someone said,

“Funny jokes

can make people laugh

until they cry.”

So, I delivered.

You cocked an eyebrow instead,

to give me a derisive look.

Then I became a comedy raconteur.

The long story was mighty funny,

yet you held that poker face.

I cried hoping you would too.

copious tears i shed.

I cried a river

But you guffawed.

You rip-roaringly laughed at me.

I was angry.

So, I got a sharp knife,

some things round,

and a flat, hard object,

Then I got you to a place

where you could not get out.

And I ripped,

cut,

chopped,

minced,

and I made you cry.

You cried,

until

you pleaded with me,

“STOP!

Stop

this

slicing

and

dicing

in

small

locked room

with no windows,

this

lot

of

PUNGENT

yellow, red,

and white

onions.”