Do You Know How to Make Someone Pee His Pants, Really?
by Hezekiah Allen Taylor

only she would have
The Paris Review--the poetry issue--
perched on the back
of the toilet, awaiting
constipation

urine only requires pictures
for that she has National Geographic:
underwater captures of the Great White,
dark-skinned women donning
ceremonial robes for a quick wedding

the only time I ever saw it happen?
the bathroom had paper
but no article on uncovering Incan ruins
and, therefore,
no release

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