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Date Posted: 10:32:44 03/30/01 Fri
Author: WindWalker
Subject: ODE TO THE FLUSH TOILET

ODE TO THE FLUSH TOILET

It was evolutionarily inevitable
that man would discover the flush toilet:
no more cold walks and frozen buns
and tickling spiders weaving below the rim
hoping to catch a whopping meal...
though, on the down side of the ledger,
fewer moonlight strolls or moons exposed...
Now you sit and meditate in full cosiness
within the warmth of your gas-fired pipes
while the little fan above sings its merry tune...
Ah! the modern toilet, where the best of
devotional reading eventually finds its way...
Flip a chrome handle and the power of water
swirling in great vortices, round and round
sucks your wastes down the tunnel of smells
to the sewage treatment plant, the cave
of re-creation... or on to the sea of forgetfulness...
All is joy and harmony until the kid
flushes his sister's hamster down the hole
and it gets stuck somewhere in the return bend.
Now you face the price of comfort: penance!
Either you disassemble the entire system
all the while threatening to put the brat
in the spot where you dug out the rat,
or you call the dreaded plumber
who charges an arm, a leg and all your cash,
to exorcize the throne and once more
make the blessings flow.

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