He cleaned the toilets, but hey what were we? -
Clerks, hardly rocket scientists,
And we all hated work;
His acidity, however, was conceived elsewhere.
The pinnacle of that animosity was
Reserved for the "dirty bastards"
(as he called them)
That spat chewing gum into the urinals.
"Causes overflows;damages the pipes",
he'd curse, "But I'll fix 'em".
Conviction is admirable, I'm sure,
But even Fleming's penicillin is
Not a panacea, and soon evidence of his
Vengeance became manifest for those
About to pee.
A premeditated, littering of
Tiny urine soaked chicle balls
Peppered the listless tiles of that
Small room rendering uncontaminated
Navigation impossible.
Some innocents, ignorant of peril,
Carried away the resin on their
Shoes to other places, leaving traces on
The rugs, the carpets and the linoleum.
I challenged his policy, but he remained
Stolid, inflexible and righteous; his
Reason dominated by the postulation of
Associated guilt. And he maintained his
Position like an old trooper
Even as he knelt down in his little
Cupboard, to prepare the necessary
Detergents required to clean
The rugs, the carpets and the linoleum.
