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Shark in the Toilet!

SHARK IN THE TOILET! SHARK IN THE TOILET!
Please listen to what’s on my mind!
It’s not good for your health when you relieve yourself
And a shark bites you on your behind!

I don’t know how long he’s been there
I just know that I let out a shriek
When I sat down to go to the toilet
And he nibbled me on my left cheek!

SHARK IN THE TOILET! SHARK IN THE TOILET!
It’s shocked me to my very soul!
I couldn’t believe how his big jaws smiled back
As I peered into the bowl.

Now I don’t want to startle you too much,
But things are looking quite grim.
He just sort of chuckled at me
As I threw rolls of Andrex at him!

SHARK IN THE TOILET! SHARK IN THE TOILET!
I’m beginning to think we can’t win!
I just whacked him with the bog brush
But he sliced it in half with his fin!

I can’t think of how to get rid of him;
I’ve run out of toilet rolls and brushes.
He just sort of bobs back to the surface
Even after two or three flushes!

SHARK IN THE TOILET! SHARK IN THE TOILET!
Won’t someone please listen to me!
We have to get rid of him right now:
I really have to pee!



My Tortoise has Rigor Mortis

My tortoise has rigor mortis.
I know they don’t move a lot
But mine now doesn’t move at all:
Rigor mortis he has got.

I thought he was very slow before
But now he won’t walk, drink or eat.
Yep! My tortoise has rigor mortis -
I wonder if I kept the receipt?


Poems from
Shark in the Toilet! by Chris White
(The King's England Press, 2004)