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Much Ado About Poo

Much Ado About Poo

We purchased so called “big boy pants”
complete with all their “cans and can’ts”
thought potty training a big mistake
till the day he yelled “I made a snake!!!”


Cats will cover up their load
horses drop it in the road
birds can do it while they fly
dropping it on the passersby
people do it in their homes
in rooms – complete - with useless tomes
chronicles of endless strife
missing pages - used to wipe
whales do doo-doo in the sea
where grinning people also pee
bears – they have no cant’s – they have no ‘shoulds’
they just do it in the woods
people on the other hand
think each movement something grand
ritualize the where and when
each plopping splash – a perfect ten
why must there be so much ado
‘bout when and where and how – we poo

John G. Lawless
7/26/2015

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 9/24/2015 11:55:00 AM
John, Congrats on your win. Another interesting contest. LOVE SKAT
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Date: 9/22/2015 7:52:00 AM
Hear hear, John, a perfectly normal human function. I just don't make a song and dance about it. Poems, yes, but not a song and dance. Well done. Regards, Viv
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Date: 9/22/2015 12:40:00 AM
Congrats on ur very witty winning write John!
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Date: 9/21/2015 2:07:00 PM
Fun read. Congrats on the win.
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Date: 7/26/2015 10:44:00 PM
hahaha, and in answer to your question. Go ask Jan!! She started it all!!! (loved this poem)
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Date: 7/26/2015 2:54:00 PM
The call of nature, and you call it so well, brilliant poem, John
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Date: 7/26/2015 9:58:00 AM
Wow. A classic surely, John. I'd love to see in an anthology of poems. Subject? Why, all about poo of course!
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Date: 7/26/2015 9:34:00 AM
ha ha a super pooper poem John good luck in the contest:-) hugs jan xx
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