Laughter Peals

Here is another poem from a few years ago that I wrote while living in dorms in college.

Laughter Peels

The laughter peals
Like the banana
Saved from lunch
It slides down thin walls
Exposes the young meat.
The laughter breathes
It silently inhales
Before it races out the door
Two pounding feet reach out to catch it
Four, six, eight, follow close behind
It settles on colored sheets
And hard seats
And salty carpets from midnight chips
It begins to dance
It’s passed around
It quietly does twirl
It balloons up about to burst
It attracts a crowd
Doors left open, heads poke in
It pulls it out from the deep
Studying’s slumber cries out defeat
The short and tall
Unite as one
The lungs expand, its about to come
Laughter rings out in the air
And settles like dust everywhere