Thanks, Doug. Yes mortifying for the pisser and perhaps others sensed that
at the time. Later, I seem to recall, even years later, I was joshed about
the incident, which was not so bad. I had more steel by then.
Bill
On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 at 2:06 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Comic now, Bill, for a kind of bush in school ballad, but not then…
>
> Still, why no ridicule, eh? The bigger question, you couldn’t answer then,
> or now?
>
> Doug
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> > On Jul 4, 2018, at 4:36 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > Me either, Pat, to this day
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> > On Wed, 4 Jul 2018 at 7:33 pm, Patrick McManus <
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> >> ah yes Bill reminds me of those type of embarrassing moments
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >> not sure who did mopping?
> >>
> >>
> >> On 04/07/2018 02:32, Bill Wootton wrote:
> >>> Grade two, felt the urge
> >>>
> >>> Full bladder, must purge
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> In class, what to do
> >>>
> >>> Can’t just leave room
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Couldn’t ask, no one did
> >>>
> >>> I was just a little kid
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cross legs, hang on
> >>>
> >>> But I knew - I was gone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Left leg feeling warm
> >>>
> >>> First trickle absorbed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Black serge, short pants,
> >>>
> >>> Inside I shrank
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Oh no, on the floor
> >>>
> >>> Small puddle starts to form
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Face flushes full red
> >>>
> >>> Dignity, no shred
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Socks damp, shoes full
> >>>
> >>> Ready for ridicule
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> But all round, no one stirs
> >>>
> >>> Teacher says not a word
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Eons pass, don’t dare shift
> >>>
> >>> Should I use my handkerchief?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When, finally, the bell ...
> >>>
> >>> To the door I squelch
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Once there, still not free
> >>>
> >>> Dark footprints dog me
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Mid-lunch, window glare
> >>>
> >>> Mop and bucket in there
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Afternoon all expunged
> >>>
> >>> My lonely lake undone
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> bw
> >>>
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