Democritus (?)

He would have loved to be remembered on canvas

maybe.

To stamp his imprint on a nation

we believe.

No one laughs like a philosopher.

Perversity is the root of humour

so they laugh and laugh

at death, taxes

inevitability

long words and short phrases

long socks and short skirts

long lives and short loves.

My standup routine goes:

Democritus walks into a bar

and the barman says )?(

and Democritus says

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