THE LATE DARIO FO

You mocked information
once considered locked into
our gallows humor
in rumors of sophistication
from a playwright's reality
was itself a fraud and crime
at our time in society
which he exposed
during his comedy shows
only for the business
of his verse's function
was mostly from satire
in a variety hour
for our piteous situation
in our universe,
as he created a stand up poetry
of tremendous wit and will
in the public's need for laughter
fit with knowledge to fulfill,
recall and install life
to our theater's selfish rapture
when Dario Fo will kill off
all those reactionary ways
to make us giggle
and capture us with his skill
in our own fiddled neighborhood
after we hear his manifold verses
with sharp comic notes
by his quoting
all former contrary malformation
on a host of stoned politicians
whom we momentarily devour
in our mysterious equilibrium
with his power
of summoning up imagination
and discussing
the unbalanced regions
in our country's sovereign
religions and foreign legions
from an underground personality
and to challenge
the sounds of government agents
with good wishes to Christians
for all our patience.