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When Rome Boycotted the Latrine: Games People Play
by Sage Sweetwater → (All Poetry by Sage Sweetwater)
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tracking down
the roots of our
sewers,

a chamberpot
got loose, spilled
into the sewer in the
busy heart of downtown
Ostia at the mouth of the
Tiber River, the doors marked
exit, a drainage conduit under the
latrine defiled the religion of archaeology,

he sat
upon the
large hole
of the bench
reading the Christian
manifesto while the running
water at his backside cleansed
from impurity and communal stew,
it is his room of easement, his hell hole,

he lets his
waste loose
in a trough beneath
the latrine seat, the
Dejecti Effusive Act
didn't cover damages
by throwers of waste,

the Romans
boycotted the
latrine and claimed
the first port-a-potty,
huge vases at the edge
of town, his alternative is
the modesty cape sold by
the Roman vendors who work
the streets, flush away, flush away,
oh the games people play.


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 Reviews of "When Rome Boycotted the Latrine: Games People Play"
Reviewed by Alex Nodopaka
Reviewed on August 16, 2013
Interesting archeological poem with the right sense of odorific humor. I appreciate factual historical references transpiring through the bench-hole... lol

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on August 11, 2013
I really love this one. Am I reading more into this? Is someone potty mouthing you? Just curious.

Ron

Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan
Reviewed on September 7, 2010
:)

Reviewed by Gene Williamson
Reviewed on September 6, 2010
There are several reasons why Rome is not my favorite haunt.
You, dear talented Sage, have used your unque powers to describe
another reason. -love, gene.

Reviewed by Dayvid Graybill
Reviewed on September 4, 2010
The damn games people play! And they say ya gotta play to win. Well, I just ain't playin! I think I might still win though.

Roman disposal systems! Been there done that. If I had a port-a-potty business, I'd call it RDS, Inc. Roman Disposal Systems. But I don't have a port-a-potty business. ...er...well, come to think of it, maybe I do! LOL

Peace and downhill flow,
Dayvid

Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on September 4, 2010
A turd by any other name is a still a turd. But a port-a-potty, oh the possibilities. Patrick

Reviewed by Peter Schlosser (Reader)
Reviewed on September 3, 2010
Okay, so now you've hit upon one my favorite subjects-- ancient Rome. You are definitely a veritable wealth of information. I've never been to Ostia; but I've been to Pompei. I have pictures of me in front of the Taverna Hedonas. Perfectly apropos, if you knew me. I've sat inside the Caldarium, viewed the ancient restrooms, witnessed the sewer systems winding down the cobbled streets. Know all about the sponges they utilized as toilet paper. They also used to clean and whiten togas in urine. You wanna' know how f---n sick I am? I have a miniature dachshund I named Claudius Germanicus!Love the little guy; crazy as a shit-house rat he is. Just like his papa. His real father's name was Manny; but keep that between you and me. It would break his little canine heart if he ever found out. Lovely poem Sage. Wonderfully creative. I wrote a short story about a year ago called "Los Angeles Nero." It's still up on the site. You might find it weirdly entertaining. Take care my friend.

Reviewed by TONY NERONE
Reviewed on September 3, 2010
I see you have been to Rome. The comodes are there for everyone to see. Very exceptional writing.

GOD BLESS YOU
TONY

Reviewed on September 3, 2010
I can't help but snicker at him actually
also finding him to be a coward...the kind that hides of course
and I mean more than his sexual deviateness & perversions
...you know what I mean
it must really suck to have penal inferiority

please excuse me...he works my nerves
with his "fairy nice" attitude which can go get flushed

I Practice Colon Health....


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