to laugh is a purpose
if i were not, what would i be?
full of intangibility.
not a physical speck of dust;
but do i have meaning? i must.
there must be purpose for being
or is this a ghost i’m seeing?
is a spirit a mystery
when it’s intangible like me.
there is nothing strange about it.
am i like a ghost? i doubt it.
while i am self-conscious like this
is what any real person is.
truth is a relative matter
with something grand about laughter.

Walt Abbott–4-13-2009