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Anus Horribilis: Tragedy Domestica

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By Paul StewartPublished about 3 hours ago 1 min read
A Woman at her Toilet by Jan Steen, in the Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London. oil on panel 66 x 53 cm signed c.l.: JSteen inscribed c.r.: 1663

Anus horribilus
If you don't wipe
Not too hard tho
Or the paper turns
Well.. what?
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brown plus red:
Terra cotta
Toilet Rosetta stone-like
Parchment, Or scroll
Of problematic bowels
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Someone said annual
I heard anal
-
Someone said therapist
I screamed
Sex offender

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Thanks for reading!

Little bit of Tuesday subversive fun.
Isn't language fun.
Or is this just me hiding darker, more serious themes beneath a swirling sea of sewage?

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Paul Stewart

Award-Winning Writer, Poet, Scottish-Italian, Subversive.

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  • Imola Tóth42 minutes ago

    I read the title, and I was like WHAT?! Then I said, only Paul could write something like this. I checked and I was right. I don't even know which line shocked me more. 🤣Brilliant!

  • Michelle Liew Tsui-Linabout 2 hours ago

    Eh..subversive it is. Escalated from Latin into something else quickly! Well done on that, Paul.

  • Sasha Desideriabout 2 hours ago

    When I saw the poem pop up in my notification ls I thought "Oh, no! A typo!" I was SO not prepared for the it to be intended, well done 🤣

  • Harper Lewisabout 2 hours ago

    Are the two mutually exclusive? Isn't the point of subversive humor to approach the unapproachable?

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