A/N: Just saw "The Dark Knight". I had the intense need to write a poem from the Joker's POV. It makes me all fuzzy on the inside.

Money isn't necessary

Power? What's the point?

But, oh, who needs a laugh?

We all do

Now and then

Why so serious?

I've already whispered the joke

What's wrong?

Can't you see the pun?

Well then, live the world through me

Watch it shine the hypnotizing shades

Of violet and lime

Listen as its shrieks and screams

Pierce your anxiously awaiting ears

Taste the red copper

Dripping from their hands

Scrambling to piece together

Their shattered glass city

A Comedy or a tragedy?

It's so entertaining

To guess

To watch the cowards

Attempt to speak

Through sliced open cheeks

To see them wake up

On fire

In tiny bits and pieces

On the pavement

It's almost enough

To bust a gut over

Assuming it isn't already

Splattered against the wall

We don't need the faux morality

Humanity cowers behind

But, oh, who needs a laugh?

We all do

From time to time

So let's put a s m i l e on that face.