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God Laughs, and he fills the sky with birds.

God Laughs, and he fills the cosmos with stars.

God Laughs, and she fills our wombs with seed.

God Laughs, and she fills our babies mouths with milk.

God Laughs in the color of bluebells, and oranges, and violets, and yellows

and greens, and reds.

God laughs through her tears as the atomic bomb annihilates Hiroshima and

Nagasaki.

God Laughs as George Bush is elected to a second term in office.

God Laughs as my expectations for this poem.

God laughs at my expectations; period.

God Laughs at our silly human tragedies.

But Most of all God Laughs at The Great Cosmic Soap Opera.