He makes you laugh


The comedian
He spends his whole day
Scanning the newspapers
Watching TV
Racking his brain
For ideas

The jokes
They have to be fresh
And relevant
To hit the nail
On the head

Stale ones 
And they will boo

Too highbrowed
They don’t get it
They’ve got to be
Cooked
Just right

His wife
She thinks 
He loiters 
All day
A lazy bone
Spending his time
On newspapers
And TV

She doesn’t mind
If he jokes about her
Atleast
He has
Her
On his mind

But when it comes
To in laws
That’s crossing 
The limit

He’s been at it
The whole week
Just no
Happenings 
To talk about

He can’t get into 
Politics
The people now
They are divided

His safest bet
Is impersonation
Of the famous

But that too
Can get stale
He  has to find
New dialogues 
New people
To imitate

That can go on
For five minutes

He has an hour to do
Seventy percent repeat
Thirty new
Is his formula

So if a patron
Comes again
Next week
He will have
Something
To laugh about

He thinks 
Of situations
Selves into himself
From deep inside

He pulls out
That wedding
Where the groom
Drunk
Fell off
The horse
The bride
She said
She preferred
The horse
It wasn’t 
Drunk 

The newspaper report

About the poor
Beggar
Who died rich
Stoving his stash
Under the matress

The rich guy
Who died poor 
Of a heart attack
When the police
Found his stash 
Under the matress

The parents 
Who left their
Child
Standing outside school
Waiting
Thinking
The other one
Had picked them up

The Demonetisation
It’s a dead horse
The CAA
He fells about strongly
He voiced his opinion too
But the people
They are divided
He has
To be careful 
To know
Where to
Draw
The line

Anything political 
Is dangerous

In this democracy
Internet services
Have been withdrawn

A state shut down
For half a year

The holy cow
Is a delicate topic
Not to be spoken about 

He’s anti CAA
But he speaks in public
He may even be
Put in prison
For inciting people
Voicing anti state opinions 

He is after all
A public speaker

Still he’ll try
To do his bit
By being subtle
Sandwiching his message
Within his jokes

A tough job this
Being 
A standup comedian
In modern times




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