I want to read a tiny poem before I go back
to the last poem, which is another American poem,
but again, something different.
This is mythological in some different sense.
It's a poem, which is so short that it's almost an aphorism.
And it's just called "Laughter," and it's
the god, Laughter, speaking.
The great gods are blind or pretend to be.
Finding that I am among men, I opened my eyes and they shake.