for entertainment purposes only

please don't think that i love you
for entertainment purposes only

please don't think it's just an exercise
a begrudging game of point, laugh, click

there are so many things about you - so many things that make me smile
don't let's fall into that trap of one-note gags that sour the mood

i consider you timeless, like the seasons
a can't-miss, top-notch production

i consider every resemblance to persons real or imagined
an alignment of so many stars; a blockbuster serendipity

you make me think. you make me wonder. you make me try.

if i'm holding the popcorn, it's because i want to share
share you, and your wisdom; the lessons you've taught me

it's because i can't help but radiate the joy that we share
your personality, and the way i know it (so well, so well)

i'm laughing - yes, guilty, you got me, i'm laughing.
please don't think that i love you for seriousness alone.

imagine what it is to have the genuine article.
imagine how impossible, the meeting of my favorite minds.

you may see me laughing, and you may think the picture's fuzzy
you may catch the boom hovering above our innocent heads

you may think that i'm trying to catch and expose you
to lure out your true self into luridest light

but the light i shine is a softer one
the shadows are graceful, cutting right at the bust

please don't think that i love you
just when it's convenient

please don't think that i love you
just for a cheap little bit

not to make light of you, but because you make my life lighter
not because i think you're full of it, but because you make my life full

not because i think you're a monkey, but because you take the monkey off my back
not to hold you up to ridicule, but because you lift me up

i'll hold my applause, if you hold yours too.
listen to the hall. our laughter is ringing.