Headache haiku and my gratitudes

It's Saturday and i haven't written since election night.  Maybe a haiku will explain.

Drama fatigue ruled

after joy's exhausting rush

of crying headaches.

Being a political junkie, i can't help but comment on our president-elect.  He exudes steadiness.  i am so impressed with his demeanor and feel calmed by it.  Thank you BHO.  Thank you.

i made a list of comedians to thank, a day or two after the election, because i felt so strongly about how i would not have gotten through the last eight years without them.  D.L. Hughley described comedy as therapy when Larry King asked him if comedy influenced the election.

Firstly, there is Bill Maher.  He said, "I'm a cynic 'caus I love."  That's me, always questioning authority.  It's a bit of a curse, really, but i'm proud of it.  i like that about me and i love that about Bill Maher.

Secondly (or maybe firstly, it's hard to say), John Stewart's courage in the face of news media's coward position after the election of 2000 until Katrina in 2005, kept me going.  i would watch his show and know i was not alone in seeing the absurdity all around us.  

Next on the list is Stephen Colbert.  That press dinner where with comedy he lambasted the Bushies and the press and was a moment of clarification and cleansing for me.  Stephen Colbert spoke truth to power and power didn't see it coming.  

David Letterman came through for the country when we seemed to need him the most. There was the first show after 911 with Dan Rather and  the many days screed about the planet in hopeless peril.  When John McCain dissed him, David let him have it.  He didn't do it because he thought he was so special, David blasted him because John McCain had lost all regard for the truth.

Lastly, there is Michael Moore who is not technically a comedian.  But his documentaries use comedy to soften the blow of the hard realities his films portray.  Farenheit 911 and Sicko are great pieces of work but his best film is Bowling for Columbine.  He became a punching bag for conservatives and he took it over and over and over again.  He took the blows so many of us wouldn't have to.  i believe that with all my heart.  Haters need someone or something to direct their hatred toward.  When they are expending their energy on people like Michael Moore, they are NOT directing it at people like me who feel the same way but are more vulnerable to their poison.  Thank you Michael.  i know there has been a cost to you and you have my undying gratitude.

i'm getting another joy headache.  i am so grateful.