...to the lady having the difficult bowel movement in the stall next to me in the bathroom at Barnes and Noble yesterday.
Was it dairy? Or too much grease?
Or some bizarre intestinal disease?
I felt so bad just sitting there,
Listening to you pant and swear.
And all throughout I was so kind
I scarcely thought that you would mind
The little giggle that escaped my lips
As your hiney erupted in burbles and rips
But I was finished, so to save face
I washed my hands and fled the place
To grab a copy of Lance Armstrong's book
And browse through fiction; one quick look
But it took me longer than I had figured
I had lost myself in Alsace's Vinyeard
And so finally when I went to leave
I noticed you flipping through When Men Grieve
Oh it took me a while to connect
As I stared at you to recollect
And when it hit me I smiled wide
And I made no honest push to hide
That I was very much amused
By the clamorous way that you'd perfused
Oh I know it must have seemed so weird
The way some stranger stopped and peered
With an oddball grin that betrayed no clues
But the truth is simple; I'd recognized your shoes.