"This Joke"

by Jeph Johnson

 

I love you right now
and though it isn't much
it's all the love I have.
It is more than
anyone else is getting
from me now.
It is more than
all the non-existent
that deserve it more:
family, friends, lovers, & god.
More even, than my non-existent self.
I love you now, more than I care to love.
It is only because I know you exist
that I love you.
This joke I do not get.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

circa 2000 

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