The features of a joke

This is between you and me, there’s nothing as ‘dampening’ as telling a joke and having to explain it to bring about its risible effects. A joke is something to be given full rein – if they don’t understand it, leave it alone and move on

A Joke

A joke is taken up,
swished about,
Its fire stoked,
And its fur stroked.

It descends,
Ready to cause uproar,
Where there was a sore,
Eating up the inner core.

A feeling creeps through,
A funny feeling,
Then the bowels boil over and shake,
Then its steamy broth begins to 'flake'.

Laughter is what it's called,
The hot, steamy broth.