The Joke's on the Joker
Paris, January 24, 2008.
And so, another 28 year old took his life this week. Heath Ledger, the Australian actor who dared to break his back on Ang Lee’s mole-hill, drugged himself away from Earth. Jake, you shedding a tear? Youth, are you sufficiently avenged?
“One year too late!” Jested the 3 other J’s, Jim, Jimmy and Janice - who had delivered the same death unto themselves at age 27. Jokers, all of them. To reach 28 in this day and age, and still be alive, is no laughing matter. Dylan, are you shedding a tear?
Another Joker Jack, is much relieved. The challenger to the part he played in Burton’s epic, has furnished a walkover before the jury could choose. Proudly, he side-skips, over another cuckoo’s nest, somewhere on the outskirts of a chinatown that is as good as it gets - and says, about this newly Departed - “Oh! We got a dead one here!!!! Ha1 Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!” Nolan, are you shedding a tear? Sweeney J. Todd, are you sufficiently revenged?
The parent’s deny it, but here is a note found about Heath’s death:
“All i wanted to do was to make you smile,
But, Alas! you needed a laugh.
Mime would have sufficed,
Yet, you needed a joke.
I’m done being a Joker, Jim or Jack.
You can ask for the clowns.
They’ll send in the clowns.
Then, you can guffaw.
At yourself.”
(D)Heath.
PS: “Ever danced with the Devil, in the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my Prays!”
God, are you shedding a tear? Christ, you are well avenged!
And so, another 28 year old took his life this week. Heath Ledger, the Australian actor who dared to break his back on Ang Lee’s mole-hill, drugged himself away from Earth. Jake, you shedding a tear? Youth, are you sufficiently avenged?
“One year too late!” Jested the 3 other J’s, Jim, Jimmy and Janice - who had delivered the same death unto themselves at age 27. Jokers, all of them. To reach 28 in this day and age, and still be alive, is no laughing matter. Dylan, are you shedding a tear?
Another Joker Jack, is much relieved. The challenger to the part he played in Burton’s epic, has furnished a walkover before the jury could choose. Proudly, he side-skips, over another cuckoo’s nest, somewhere on the outskirts of a chinatown that is as good as it gets - and says, about this newly Departed - “Oh! We got a dead one here!!!! Ha1 Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!” Nolan, are you shedding a tear? Sweeney J. Todd, are you sufficiently revenged?
The parent’s deny it, but here is a note found about Heath’s death:
“All i wanted to do was to make you smile,
But, Alas! you needed a laugh.
Mime would have sufficed,
Yet, you needed a joke.
I’m done being a Joker, Jim or Jack.
You can ask for the clowns.
They’ll send in the clowns.
Then, you can guffaw.
At yourself.”
(D)Heath.
PS: “Ever danced with the Devil, in the pale moonlight? I always ask that of all my Prays!”
God, are you shedding a tear? Christ, you are well avenged!
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