Poem for Display Above the Urinals in a Men’s Restroom

Dave BontaCheerful

Eyes front, soldier. The general looks hard for signs of deviation.

Don’t show too much interest even in this poem, which is probably gay.

There were trees here once where you stand relieving yourself against a hollow trunk.

They would not have known what to do with so much saltpeter.

Saltpeter, or potassium nitrate — a critical component of gunpowder — readily precipitates out of urine.

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