Happiness is as exuberance does Or some approximation thereof I see, there are mistakes at the heart Of joy's passive activities I and thou; me and how; Courtesy imperfection Makes figurative confections Whose knowing won't insist Wanting, it's a state of philocaustic respiration Sentenced to case the place And rob one self of its regard In favor of stolen renewal That's thoughtful, of you it may not sing Indirect action at a fissure That's volcanic spume, bitter hume Soil, though, that's sprung stuff Couldn't green newts make the day As bright as they seem In impossibility's cloak Worn out like a soft pair of shoes Bring mistakenness to somewhat set tables To dine, feast, and semi-ritual Culture resists definitions And measurable electrical volts