Ode To the Toilet Plunger

With your red rubber cup that makes suction. 
You have come in handy many a day, 
when there has been a flushing obstruction. 
I think you deserve hazard pay. 

You've saved toys, an unfortunate cell phone or two. 
Then there is always the times your needed, 
when we are visited by You-know-Who (pweh). 
So your heroics bears being repeated. 

Your sacrifice it knows no bounds, 
entering murky waters, stopping floods. 
Or pulling to surface the items you found. 
Now aren't you glad you don't have taste buds? 

Some seem to see you as just an extractor. 
Yet in movies, your comic timing is beyond belief, 
when your stuck on the face of a leading actor. 
That you didn't quit your day job is a great relief. 

Though everyone knows you on sight so well, 
To be an unsung hero, seems to be your lot in life. 
Taken out and plunged into porcelain hell, 
Where only you would dare to dive. 

So Plunger, Oh Toilet Plunger, 
as we kneel here before the throne. 
Let us sing out your praises, 
well, maybe after we can stop these groans. 


For the contest;  Make Me laugh..Make me Giggle

Sponsored by Tracie ~*~ Indigo dream Weaver 
Placement: 1st
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Brown Avatar
September 30, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Good morning and congratulations on your 1st Place win in Tracie's "Make Me Giggle" contest Paula. Love, Carol
Dietrich Avatar
September 29, 2011 at 11:46 PM
wow, what a well deserved first place. GREAT humor,great topic, the lowly toilet plunger!!
Johnson Avatar
September 29, 2011 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations on a rare subject for poetry and a laugh. Love, Joyce
Sweetheart Avatar
September 29, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Congrats Paula on being number one in this contest with this hysterical write ..so enjoyed ..so relate my friend..luv..
The Rogue Rhymer Avatar
September 29, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Paula-This is a fav. of mine and I read it often for a chuckle-Nice big, big win! Congrats. :)
Edwards Avatar
September 29, 2011 at 9:23 AM
Congrats on your 1st place win in my contest Paula, what a giggle lol..Your certi is on my profile pic x0x
Lane Avatar
September 24, 2011 at 10:09 AM
It made me laugh. Tony
Kearley Avatar
September 23, 2011 at 8:43 PM
Ha,hahahahha :-)
Jones Avatar
September 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM
ah... the humblest of the humble exalted. LOL! Beauty eve~N
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