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Toilets
by T.S. Eliot
Let us go then, to the john,
Where the toilet seat waits to be sat upon
Like a lover's lap perched upon ceramic;
Let us go, through doors that do not always lock,
Which means you ought to knock
Lest opening one reveal a soul within
Who'll shout, "Stay out! Did you not see my shin,
Framed within the gap twixt floor and stall?"
No, I did not see that at all.
That is not what I saw, at all.
To the stall the people come to go,
Reading an obscene graffito.
We have lingered in the chamber labeled "Men"
Till attendants proffer aftershave and mints
As we lather up our hands with soap, and rinse. |
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Skinny
Domicile
by Emily Dickinson
I have a skinny Domicile
Its Door is very narrow.
'Twill keepI hopethe Reaper out
His Scytheand Bonesand Marrow.
Since Death is not a portly Chap,
The Entrance must be thin
Sowhen my Final Moment comes
He cannot wriggle in.
That's why I don't go out that much
I can't fit through that Portal.
How dumbto waste my Social Life
On Plans to beimmortal |
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I
Will Alarm Islamic Owls
by William Carlos Williams
I will be alarming
the Islamic owls
that are in
the barn
and which
you warned me
are very jittery
and susceptible to loud noises
Forgive me
they see so well in the dark
so feathery
and so dedicated to Allah
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