a tree fell in the woods

it was

my father's favorite joke.

he used

to tell it to me on the phone about

every year or so.

i'd listen and laugh

as if it was the first time

i had ever heard

him tell it.

a tree fell in the woods, but

no one

heard it because somebody's

wife kept

talking.

i just told it yesterday,

again,

and got a short

laugh.