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!
