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Bathroom Etiquette

by  didau

Posted: Friday, May 28, 2010
Word Count: 83
Summary: I wrote this on the back of a napkin in 5 minutes as a performance piece some years ago and have been chipping away at it ever since. Any suggestions?




In the queue for the final
service station urinal
I unzip and tip the wink
to a man who couldn’t wait
and is going in the sink.

O, the bliss as the piss streams
like a pale-gold limousine
and hissing, hits the polished bowl
rolls, then disappears down the hole.

And as I stand there arms akimbo,
eyes fixed down and thoughts in limbo
I let slip the loudest fart I’ve ever heard.

I blush and flush. It hangs there like a turd.