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I brought back the sacred poem for bathroom stalls

This image is a photograph of handwritten black marker text on a textured light gray public bathroom stall wall. It features a short, crude, rhyming comedic poem describing an awkward, relatable restroom mishap: the speaker first attempts to defecate but only passes gas, then later when they try to pass gas they accidentally defecate in their pants. The poem is signed with the playful pseudonym 'The Shithouse poet'.
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Here I sit, broken-hearted
tried to shit, but only farted
An hour later, I took my chance
Tried to fart, but shit my pants
—The Shithouse poet

Overview

This image is a photograph of handwritten black marker text on a textured light gray public bathroom stall wall. It features a short, crude, rhyming comedic poem describing an awkward, relatable restroom mishap: the speaker first attempts to defecate but only passes gas, then later when they try to pass gas they accidentally defecate in their pants. The poem is signed with the playful pseudonym 'The Shithouse poet'.

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This content was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit, where the uploader shared the image stating they were 'bringing back the sacred poem for bathroom stalls'. This poem is a widely circulated classic piece of crude public restroom graffiti that has existed as a copypasta and common stall writing for decades, shared widely across internet humor communities.

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