Wash

Poem: Wash

Am I having a bath?
Are you having a laugh?

No time to shower but I do have this super power to be super fast at the sink – so what do you think?
Wash behind the ears, dry away all the tears, clean the nose, in between toes.

And not forgetting ­
pits and bits as I listen to Elvis’s greatest hits. 🕺🏽✨

 

Wash: Review

Would you ‘Adam n’ Eve it?’,

I’m liking the cockney rhyming slang reference at the start with ‘having a laugh’ and bath.

The poet won’t be swayed as the focus is on getting clean!

Hurry up as time is limited and the poet must be washed quickly and ready for the day ahead!

A super power is being super fast. If it works, and you haven’t missed out anything important, then well done.

Very precise and orderly about what to tackle first. Methodical, I like that. I’m enjoying the quick storytelling rhyming. I get an idea that the poet experiences some woe, with the drying of the tears but is kept on track with the washing of other parts. I get a quick snippet of the character with knowing what they’d potentially sing along to when in the bathroom. Not my cup of tea, I’m not an Elvis fan but I do get it. He had a distinctive singing voice and was charismatic, appealing and a symbol of the new and exciting to many and had some very catchy songs. Great ‘bathroom, sing a long’ acoustics? Yes, but maybe a tad insensitive or indeed could be seen as celebratory and fitting, as Elvis, known as the ‘King of rock and roll’, passed away in his own bathroom. Tragic times.

What do I think?, I think a long hot bath would make a nice change and do the poet the world of good.

A very intimate and entertaining little read. “Thank you, thank you very much” as that King would say.