Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Saint Vincent Ferrer and I Go Fishing in a
Toilet Tank
And the master-salesman asked of him
and me:
Is the flapper-valve, yea, verily,
two inches or three?
-not exactly according to Ultimate
Guide: Plumbing, Creative Homeowner, 2021
Toilet
bowls are fascinating to dogs and cats
Like
watering holes on the Serengeti plains
Their
cousins hunt among the desert flats
In
the seasons between sweet nourishing rains
Strange
noises in the dark…
But
when the water gushes both day and night
St.
Vincent and I must pray and think and work
To work
this ceramic water-hole aright
For
Luna and Pushkin to hunt and lurk
The
animals watch impatiently…
Our labors
at last are proven to be blest
As
water flows like a smooth anapest!
