towards a pun-based morality.

puns
seem to operate
on different scales of right
and wrong, where wrong
is understood as worth
appreciatory groan -
as good! Rewarded
by bright laugh begrudged,
and condemnation
afterwards to firm cement
accomplishment. A kinder way,
it seems to me,
to judge.

I'd like
to flesh this
model out a bit.
A touch more of the ol' begrudge
- admiringly! Extended to more normal
moral modes, foul acts of wrongly-done
objected-to, so long rehearsed,
well-practiced and accused against.
Why not just groan! Break out in grinning
grimace, waggle finger (waggler's choice),
or worst-case instance - if one personally hates
just hates that thing, as some hate puns
- get mad and seethe! But conscious
of the childishness
in finding wrong
so bad.

I do believe
it can be done. A pun
is just a play on words. Well,
aren't these other things just plays
on acts? It could perhaps

- be fun? Okay, it needs
some working out. But arguably,
we're well begun. And puns
shall lead the way.

Of course, we must exempt
the worst of criminal acts
from this. But that's okay,
it's bound to take

some time to change.

It always does
for mores, norms
and attitudes to well-adjust
as people reach acceptances,
as new and changing forms
come in, introduce themselves
- and we approve.