The Bathroom

The Bathroom

closing locked doors with

secrets bounding off papered walls

 

sound proof

ostentation not allowed but

its a comfortable space

like cozy jackets

mirror of sponges.

self absorbing timbers for

moots long imprisoned 

nine inch grey and steel

prisms of pride

secret service protected

more iron clad dowries

password redundancy 

stuck                           

like Walmart greetings

tap tap his cigarettes 

he packs tight and

lights it 

to lip

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no one is looking

08/18/2016

Author's Note

Reviews

[Woody]

now why haven't I thought of writing about it? not in a poem though. you did that pretty well.
people won't openly talk about it but it certainly is the favoured retreat of many. mine at any rate. that's where I make important decisions like getting married or deciding to have kids.
good to read you again, E.

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha ..your a gas ... a classical gas my friend ...thanks for sharing! :))))
E.

[Woody]

:)))))...........

[Vria P Crow]

The first time I read this I did not catch onto the humor until I started playing the music video. HAHA I went into hysterical laughter because of personal experiences in the bathroom I can relate to. It reminds me of my hectic home life where it is hard to find private areas; the restroom was ideal. I even have a floating desk for the bathtub so I can write, read, and sketch while listening to the music. Honestly, I could probably just live in there because I spend at least 30 minutes to an hour every evening. My boyfriend teases me because he has caught me eating in there along with having wine. There is a reason why my feet are so prunes now. :P I have also took bathroom breaks during work where I would read for 15 minutes on the toilet.

Overall, this is my ramble for the day. Thank you for sharing this fun and lighthearted poem!

sincerely,
ria

[Einstein Noodle]

thank you so much ..i got such a kick from reading your review ..yes ..it is a sacred place indeed ...hot as i can stand baths ..thick bubbles, incense, deep soaking tub and yes! music and a good book ..have never tried a floating desk :)) i have fallen asleep in my tub .. i wake up and wonder why i didn't drown .. i suppose the bath Angel is watching over me eh!? so happy you enjoyed reading
E.

[Vria P Crow]

You are very welcome. :D Oh, you are not alone. I have fallen asleep in the tub as well.

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Laughing................perfect way of saying, "put all this s**t behind you"! Ahhh the peace of letting go :)
You are sooo original and I LOVE it!

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahaha! yes i guess we all need to do just that lynn .. thank you for reading and reviewing ..it makes the posting worth while :)
E.

[Kathy Van Kurin]

Einstein N.
After veiwing your video and reading your bathroom story it makes sense. Minutes pass opportunities can be claimed or lost. Why not treat this time as constructive time for thoght, contemplation, etc. After all who is going anywhere at least for awhile. Really clever poem! Blessings. kathy

[Einstein Noodle]

yes! once one is seated the die is cast :))))) i think you meant my story makes scents ahahahaha! thank you for taking time Kathy .. that smile of yours is a pick me up every time i see it :) and thanks for checking the video out ...its such a happy little tune isn't it? ...i see an old man standing at a urinal trying to whizz .. humming a tune or wistling or something ..anything to get him going :)
E.

[barleygirl]

Your poem & Woody's response to it reminds me of the beginning of the movie "This is 40" where Paul Rudd is sequestered in the bathroom to get some alone time . . . all 3 hilarious! Maybe I've been pissing in the woods too long, but I didn't recognize everything you're describing here. Still I always enjoy your slightly over-the-top descriptions which are imaginative & original *smile* (((HUGS)))

[Einstein Noodle]

he's a funny guy! .. i don't think i've seen that movie ..will have to check it out ..now open to air pissing in the woods is a whole different experience .. brings out the animal in us i think ;) thansk for reading barleygirl! and for your smiles and hugs .. right back at ya!
E.

[KWP]

I must admit I have never been one for hanging out in the 'loo' for extended periods of time, well unless there is a bath full of bubbles and a good book awaiting me. A friend of mine has a stack of magazines next to her toilet, this has never sat well with me ....

On the other hand, when I am showering in he wee early hours and still have not fully woken up I will stare at the tiles, I will see people in the patterns, ah, from day to day they change, an old lady, a man, an angry fellow, a witch, they are all there waiting for me to prize them into my reality, if only for a few solitudal moments ...

this is a quirky one for you ... I like it ... X

[Einstein Noodle]

yes!!! tile clouds!!! i do that too!! :) and i read ... usually novels and such .. takes me a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng time to finish them but my memory seems good enough still to pick up where i leave off .. love to see your smiling face my friend ..and i don't think i have ever heard a better or more cute word for it than the "loo" ...great day to ya' ...or g'day! ;)
E.

[KWP]

we also have another word ... it's a bit out date these days ... but if you go outback you'd certainly hear it ... 'Have you got a dunny?' Yeah that's right ... a dunny !!!!

Always fantatsuc to feel you close ny E ... LOve yA X

[Einstein Noodle]

love you too ... a dunny huh? .. i like outdated ..i call it nostalgia :)

[KWP]

That's Aussie colloquialism at it's best 😬

[Einstein Noodle]

:) .................

[KWP]

you know I had to laugh, after I told you about dunny, I read it in a novel I am reading stright after commenting to you ... it's an aussie novel, set in the 70's ... the world oozes with synchronicity ... you just gotta allow yourself to see it :)

[Einstein Noodle]

whats the novel?

[KWP]

oh it's calle Hope Farn by Peggy Frew ... it's about a Hippy Commune and a little girl who lives there with her mother, the whole think has a dirty feel about it, which means the author has accomplished something, I don;t really like the book itself but I am almost finished ... almost there ... ahh

[Einstein Noodle]

got it! thanks!

[James]

Glad I'm not the only person to write poetry while on the on the dumper....right? And, you are right the most private, most secretive place we have. No one will ever ask what goes on the bathroom stall. I call it my office.

[Einstein Noodle]

:) thanks for stopping James .. and very nice to meet you ..its my reading room actually ... i just finished a book called "Einstein's Mistakes" ...it took about 3 yrs ..:))) not the dump ..the reading :)))
E.

[redzone]

sorry E, I will not go there, nope, I already have enough secret places to hang out in, so the bathroom is only to s**t and stink in... ;0) I found the secret service idea pretty interesting protecting secrets but I suspect also the "throne" as well... and also very amusing thinking about two or three guards standing outside the john, perhaps checking ID and making sure only a certain kind of bomb is admitted... can't be too careful you know... hey E, maybe this is were that lost poem is hiding??!! ;0) I liked the humor and inventiveness of this poem, dare I say you have a nicely creative mind and you take us to unusual and in this case smelly places... ;0)

redzone

[Einstein Noodle]

ahahahaha .... yes the bombs ... pity having to go thru guards if it has a short fuse :))) love your take on this one sir ..gave me just the chuckle to take through the day with me ;))))
E.

[Patricia Wedel]

dear E... the luxury of a modern bathroom...
a stack of reading material... our Library...
Privacy... unless out of paper... Yell and scream...
Help!!!

[Einstein Noodle]

thats the worst nightmare isn't it ..no paper!!!!and no one home arrrrrrrgh! i could train the dog to fetch a roll but i'd have to stand up to open the door :} thanks for taking time Patricia .. much appreciated
E.

[jacob erin-cilberto]

the place where we can keep secrets---i agree with emma...there is a hidden secret behind those stalls...but we wash our hands and walk out as if nothing ever existed...the secret safe...

really like this one, E.

j.

[Einstein Noodle]

yes ...we think we can walk away ... but i believe the Good Book says something like ...things that are hidden will be shouted from the rooftops .. now thats being naked ... really appreciate your reading and reviewing sir!
E.