Ordinary, Extraordinary Things
(I Would Stumble Without the Humble Showerhead)
Thank God for ordinary, extraordinary inventions
Without this gadget, I could imagine a desert
And nevermore know the warm caress and comfort
That flows in a home or apartment
"Showerhead" by name and comforting game I can afford
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Trust me (once and always a farmer boy);
I recall using a pail with cup to bathe myself ...
But an ordinary showerhead gives me greater joy
As it redirects piped water in massaging jets
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I am no prude, neither am I seeking to be rude
When I do not celebrate proverbial golden baths
This little thing, the showerhead, improves my mood
In any bathroom; I cannot do tubs and bubblebaths!
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Of all the ordinary, extraordinary inventions, then
I sing of that which fits at the end of a pipe
It transforms water into a luxury for all men
And dare I say, for all humans past kindergarten!
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Now, readers all, if you hear a stranger in your baths;
Could it be that I am singing across the miles,
Celebrating the grime running past head and toes?
Yes, I am feeling healing while cleaning with "showerhead smiles" -
Thank God for ordinary, extraordinary inventions
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- Do you celebrate the little gadget at the end of your piped bath-water? I declare that showerheads
- do clean bodies & baths themselves more safely & enjoyably than regular tub-soaks and bubblebaths!
- And yes, I am a romantic (and I say it with flowers, not bubbles in my own grimy bathwater, LOL!)