"The title of the book is
Antlers in the Tree Top"
I told my dad in my most
serious third-grade voice.
"The book was written by
Who Goosed a Moose"
I'd overheard the joke
on the school playground
but I failed to imagine
my father's response.
He bent double. Great gasps
of laughter heaved out
of his wide-open mouth
Tears flowed down his cheeks
That rendered the joke indelible
glued in my mind for 73 years
I can't forget watching
him wipe away his tears
still hee-hawing.
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