Is death funny?Maybe parts of it?It’s like:So terrifying, you fall over laughing?So terrified of falling over forever, you laugh?Pee your pants funny?Big drawn out joke at the wake funny?Ha.Ha, ha.HA!

Or maybe more like:What else can you do?Finding yourself at a loss — laughing.

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**Illustration: Shannon ColónAudio mixing + music: Chloe RileyExcerpt from “Brutality of Fact” by Keith ReddinFeaturing David Odell Harmon

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