Autoflush

        in the past
        you need to rush
        & to flush

        now you still need to flush
        but not to flush
        you simply need to thrust

        after you have written
        the system neither understands
        nor reads the contents

        but when you change position
        from squad to sit to stand
        signals you send

        you may not understand
        & don't need to explain
        but to the system, it makes sense

        so water it sends
        & it cleanses
        even before you "unbend"

        no more worries for dirty hands
        toilet will be kept sick 'n span
        'tis the trend!

        Lin Hsin Hsin
        April 28, 1993

        first published in p.97 Sunny Side Up , 1994