Sometimes when I’m driving along
the window down, wind winnowing my hair,
the sun giving me the thumbs up,
I break out in spontaneous whoops of joy.
No, I don’t have Tourette’s.
I haven’t won the Lottery.
I’m just laughing zebra happy,
turning cartwheels happy,
walking on my hands happy.
It’s infectious. I whoop some more.
You wouldn’t want to be a passenger.
John Malone 
laughing zebra happy is a wonderful way to be
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yes, it summed me up perfectly 🙂
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Winnowing I’ve never heard of that word before!!! I also think I’d love to be a passenger 🤪 so I can whoop with ya!!
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it was one wild ride, LaShelle: uninhibited joy — with no exterior reason; just felt so good: you know how it is sometimes 🙂
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I do! I feel like this on mountain dries with my family. Absolutely nothing better!!
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with the wind winnowing through your hair, of course 🙂
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My solution to that problem is to
put on some Leonard Cohen 🙃🕶️
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hahahahha; yes, that would do it every time ; thanks David 🙂
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I’d love to be your passenger! Sounds like a great time!
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I reckon you might do some whooping with me 🙂 the sun’s gotta be out 🙂
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Oh, but I do. How gleeful. I’m picturing gins flapping on the breeze. I love the confessional tone here. Makes it feel as if we’re getting in on a secret.
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hahaha; the funny thing, K, they were spontaneous whoops, the sheer joy of speeding along the freeway, wind winnowing your hair, sun beaming down; wheeeeeee
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I love anything that makes my cheeks wobble. 😁
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that’s a very funny image 🙂
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Laughing zebra happy, love that! Are kookaburras happy?
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when I lived in the hills, you’d hear kookaburras cackling uproariously like people at the pub or a bar when told some whacky joke 🙂
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As I kid, I loved the song – Kookaburra sits on the old gum tree. And Waltzing Matilda. You Aussies have good taste in music 😃
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thank you; we sure do 🙂
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A wonderful moment captured!!!
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thank you, Worms; sometimes you don’t need much to make you happy —
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So true
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Could do with a ride of pure joy. Whoop! Whoop! Love that photo. You’ve captured the essence, John. 🙂
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it was a magic car drive, Terveen 🙂
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Haha! I love the joy here. It’s infectious.
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after ‘Neanderthal’ I really wanted to do something light and joyful; glad you enjoyed it, Bob 🙂
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There are moments in life when humans have to choose between unyielding rage and maniacal laughter in response to something as pleasant as sunshine. Personally, I relate more to the hyena.
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that would make an interesting poem: and hey! so good to hear from you again after all this time 🙂
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