A Pocketful of Poesy was and is again a Poem-a-Day(-on-Average) Blog! For 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and now for 2017 and going forward, you may expect to see 365 poems every year, 366 for leap years.

but aren't they all random?

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

The upside of what happens

Has anybody really studied 
the physics of why toilets 
clog? 

Probably. 
I bet they studied up 
too late, with a plunger 
trying to cram and jog, 
make a splash in the grade 
by last-ditch dint of main 

effort delayed. 

But if so, I hope they paid 
a thought and a prayer 
along with their no-doubt 
cuss-damn swear 
for the miracle of 
hydraulics or 
at least plumbing! 

I mean, it gets sloppy 
when things go wrong, 
but it's fair how rare 
it is. And that siren 
song of A-OK flush 
right down the drain? 

We wash our hands of it 
without a thought, and 
save ourselves up 

to complain. 

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