Does this qualify as both a joke & a riddle? ... or does that make it a limerick??!?

[J. K. McKeon]

Rectal disfigurement was evident, said the blind man.
The listeners chuckled.
They chuckled idiotically, the blind man thought to themself.
The blind man was only as blind as he was an enthusiast of lying about rectal disfigurements.
I'm quoting myself.

but, cautiously and humbly in the eyes of God.
(excuse me, sorry... please don't tell me "wrong category"... if someone doesn't know the answer, they can just say so... okay!?! let's keep this idiocy rolling! reverse psychology will to work on the devil!!!)
* DIS - FIG
** LIS - TEN
*** ID - IC

**** BLIND
***** BLIND
_-_-__--___---___---___

*("disfigurement")
**("listeners")
***("idiotically")

**** et cetera *****