i don't understand, she'd say

i could never make her laugh.

i wasted some

of my best material on her.

she'd roll her eyes

and tell me i was too sarcastic,

too cynical,

too cryptic.

too dry.

i don't get it.

she'd say.

you make a joke of everything.

can't you be serious

once in a while?

but in the beginning

during the honeymoon phase,

she'd say, you're such

a funny guy,

then throw back her head

and fake a laugh

holding her stomach as

if in pain.

she never told a joke, or

got a joke,

it was an early exit and demise.