Schadenfreude
Audrey Woodruff

Cat | Andrea Kathleen Segura | Painting
It really is the little things
that make life worthwhile.
The most minor inconveniences
plaguing those that deserve it.
A man that drives an F-450
with a “BEEF” vanity plate
can’t step up into it.
His legs are ate up with gout.
I grin to myself.
Another man,
who won’t extend a hand,
howls all day long
about “rising tide” economics.
Only I know the hilarious truth.
He almost drowned last year.
The fool fell into a pool
and can’t swim.
Sure bet he needed a hand.
I can’t keep my teeth from showing.
A pastor struck by lightning.
An oil executive getting a
blistering, peeling, itching, oozing sunburn.
A laugh claws its way up the back of my throat.
The Germans even made up a word for it.
They’re very sentimental,
I call it free entertainment.