Flushing the Toilet

Steven West
I flushed the toilet.
The water kept on rising.
I flushed the toilet again.
The toilet was hypnotizing.
I flushed the toilet one more time.
The water was overflowing.
I looked at the wet floor by my feet
I couldn't tell where it was going.
I cleaned up the awful mess.
Then I called old Max the plumber.
Max said he'd be right over to fix the problem.
I felt Dumber and Dumber.
Flushing the toilet again and again
When the water doesn't go down
Is not an intelligent thing to do
Unless you're a circus clown.

Published by Steven West

I have a passion for creative writing and political discourse. Happily married for over 24 years, I have 2 children and work with special needs kids in the public schools. I enjoy making people laugh and sm...  View profile

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  • Rebecca Bardelli1/14/2012

    Funny!

  • Martin Kloess1/14/2012

    well written - thank you

  • Harriet Steinberg1/13/2012

    ha ha ha I've had this happen many times. It evenhappened when I was visititing a friend. She tol;d me it was not my fault and got her husband to get a plunge. Fortunately from experience, I Iearned not to flush the toilet more than once.

  • Harriet Steinberg1/13/2012

    ha ha ha I've had this happen many times. It evenhappened when I was visititing a friend. She tol;d me it was not my fault and got her husband to get a plunge. Fortunately from experience, I Iearned not to flush the toilet more than once.

  • Lodie Quezada1/13/2012

    :)

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