Comedy of Errors

If life is but a comedy of errors,
then surely there's a happy at the end?
Our torments, struggles, difficulties, terrors,
are all of them, we are to understand,
a way to raise the narrative's raw tension?
The storyteller must maintain suspense,
so we must misinterpret, fail to mention,
tell pointless lies, be genuinely dense --
stupidity is currently in season,
as popular as stubbornness and gall.
Try acting as if you're defying reason,
and being warned, refuse to take the call,
yes, there's no better way to stir the pot.
Such comedies must have a proper plot.