The Toilet

The Toilet
Sucked and sucked,
Sucked so hard it drew blood,
Sucked and sucked so strong and long
It sucked itself in a rattle
Flush down itself:

But not before HIS bottom
Had been torn off,
The flesh stripped
Searing from the bone
In a bloodied mass of foam and guts
Spewed into the heart of the bowl.

The toilet sucked and sucked,
And with a screech and a squelch
He disappeared,
Sucked ’till his eye-teeth
Dropped out
And then his skull
Imploded
And then

All gone.

Who was he?
Some say he was a madman
Verging on the edge of genius,
Too strong for the world,
This world,
Let it slip,
His reality,
Tore into that other reality
And won.

Christ, I hope not,
For there but for the grace of God -

5/5/00

Imagine if the only thing that makes our world real is us seeing it.

 

Supposing that one day your imagination was so intense that you imagined yourself into a different world – a nightmare world …

 

Also a metaphor for mental illness and the thin line between ‘sanity’ and ‘insanity’.

  1. 1

    Comment by Abby Barnes

    OMG!!Totally awesome! I love the way you have used your imagination and sucked it all up together to create this cool poem. I really love the “but sucking” thing…. If you make another one try and make it a little bit more scary.

    Posted on: January 28th, 2010 at 3:09 pm

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    Comment by Austin kurmas (smugdevil14)

    sweetness i loved it!!! it just painted a horrific picture in my head

    Posted on: May 6th, 2010 at 8:25 am

  3. 3

    Comment by Jane

    Oh my goodness, lol. This poem is definitely awesome. : ).

    Posted on: July 28th, 2010 at 3:54 pm

  4. 4

    Comment by Krystal

    Evil toilet…probaly cuz it gets lots of junk

    Posted on: March 29th, 2011 at 1:01 pm

  5. 5

    Comment by shelby love

    it was ok i mean a toilet it was really good but i dont know if ill ever sit on a toilet again i get scared easy :( lol

    Posted on: April 6th, 2011 at 11:13 am

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    Comment by McThosan keller

    Nice.
    Though i’m scared :(

    Posted on: July 12th, 2011 at 12:45 pm

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