This poem’s subject? Well, in fact:
The human intestinal tract –
How your insides can run riot
If too careless with your diet,
Or if the air-conditioned fug
Of planes or trains contained a bug,
While there’s another option still;
Your stomach got a nasty chill.
The cause may never be that clear:
The outcome? You’ve got diarrhoea.
I think it’s better if we first
Fast forward till we’re past the worst –
Until the “product” has a form
A little closer to the norm.
I know it seems a bit absurd
To get excited by a turd
But if the last 10 toilet calls
Were replays of Victoria Falls
I’m sure you will agree with me
It’s nice to have solidity.
But if your way to help your tum
Was multiple Imodium
The next to cause you consternation
Could be a dose of constipation.
