Water-bug

[ChristopherSea]

Dale, I like the after the fact sympathy, but you could have gotten there quicker. At the present length, much of the poem is procedural/protocol and fluffed up with a bit too much toilet tissue and paper toweling, also toilet and flushing are referenced multiple times. Why not use a stanza to set up the ending better? A few strophes relating to the roach as a fellow organism or something in that vein might be apropos. See what you think./Chris