SCHADENFREUDE
SCHADENFREUDE IS NOT FOR SISSIES
Harm-joy is the pleasure derived from other’s
misfortune kissing cousin of envy A Dioscuri
of evil Like when Brad left sad-Jen for Angie
& Tiger crashed his SUV
Studies show that even monkeys & dogs measure
themselves against their peers As do poets:
The book of my enemy has been remaindered.
(Clive James poet)
Take vegetarians their very existence from a meat
eater’s point of view is a moral irritant (Richard N. Smith The Joy of Pain)
Or note the Conti St. Hobo’s glee: Gnarly laugh then
I shoulda known better a red-headed woman & a
bald-headed man When we passed his cup without
filling it up
Fat-Cats now back in the Great White North jazz-thirsty
Wind & ice storms reign supreme Hobo still laughing on Conti St.
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Late Winter 2014
