Picture this.
A man spends a
long bus journey
groaning over a very full bladder.
The bus finally pulls into a station
for a brief stop
and the guy rushes out,
leaving his bag on board.
But there’s a problem:
all the toilets are closed.
He runs around,
one muscle-twitch
away from humiliation,
looking for someone to open them.
Then, out of the corner of his eye,
he sees the bus pulling away,
with his possessions.
It’s a dilemma worthy
(well, almost)
of Hamlet:
to pee or not to pee?
Taken from ‘Stage Struck: Frankly, my dear, you gotta make ’em give a damn‘ in The Irish Times, 3 April 2014. Submitted by Taidgh Lynch.
Verbatim Poetry 