A lament for the boys' washroom

 A lament for the boys’ washroom

By Mattias Kondor


The room which lies before the mini hall

Is used so often by the one who thinks

He might fulfill his cleaning functions all

But finds disaster coming to the sinks!


The soap machine, expectedly, is messed,

But he endures, and by routine commands

The tap to start, but patience finds its test

When flow recedes as quickly as his hands!


He tries again and fails. He must be cursed,

And as he tries another is undone

For each sink operates just as the first

His hands, frustrated, must wash one by one!


It is a shambles, so I ask you, gents,

To seek, for pointless plumbing, recompense!


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