DODGE SHITTY.
Sometimes it takes a lot to dodge
the awful smell and slimy splodge
of output from a stoma where
one’s bag has gone beyond repair.
It has been known for bags to leak,
which makes the victim take a peek
into a world of smell and slime
that doesn’t happen all the time.
But when it does, it’s hard to think
whilst struggling with the mess and stink,
trying hard to gain control
over that bright-red stoma hole.
Much like a mini volcano
it shoots its contents high and low,
for when a stoma has the shits
there’s no mercy for those it hits.
At first, you’ll try to hold the flow
but that won’t work and so you know
that you must find another way
to keep the stinking flood at bay.
There is no measure for the stress
caused by this almighty mess
and, unless you have been there,
it can be difficult to share.
Some see it as an accident,
for others it’s an incident,
but for the victims of this plight
it’s simply being in the shite.
But looking back, we may then see
that though it’s a catastrophe
it teaches us to plan ahead
so we can dodge this thing instead.
To be prepared for anything
can sometimes soothe the sharpest sting.
B.Withers 2024
