I’ve always wondered why I always happen to be the one to stumble upon said turd.
A typical scenario: Nice, pleasant, evening with a member of the opposite sex. Things going well. Dimly candle lit bar. Romance in the air. Moving closer to one another, without really noticing it. A soft touch on the knee. A flirtatious fling of the hair. A special look in the eye. A shy glance away, then back again.
Time for me to pee.
I enter le biffy. Smile at myself in the mirror. Give myself a wink. ‘Oh Chris, you’ve outdone yourself again. How could things get better for you tonight. Patience Chris’.
Little do I know what awaits.
With a smile firmly planted on my face, I enter the stall. There it sits, glistening in the feeble light. The log from Hell. Unbroken, and almost looking proud. It looks like it came from someone who really didn’t need desert after all.
I reel from the shock, but there’s knowwhere to go. I’m trapped. Standing back, I gain the strength to confront it. I move my tembling hand to flush it. Fu… shwaaaa.
I try to avert my eyes, but I’m somewhat curious, ‘How is Mr. Tenderloin doing in there?’ I have to glance. There it is, tumbling and turning, trying to right itself. Putting up a struggle one would be proud of. But the onslaught is just too much. It’s going to lose this battle tonight.
Transfixed now, a part deep inside of me actually wants it to win, but I know that won’t be the case. Resistance is futile. It heads for the bottom with one last flurry of motion, like some grotesque lesson in death. It proceeds to leave the life it once knew. And… gets stuck. Its decided it has one more trick up its sleeve. If it won’t go, nothing will. It’s determined to make a stand. Outsmarted by a turd again.
I go back to the table. My smile replaced now with sights and sounds of a struggle to horrible to share. A memory now so firmly implanted on my brain that no amount of therapy can help. A look of sad dismay, ‘What have I been beaten by?’
I’m at a loss for words. Words that before this point had tumbled off my tongue with like pettles off a rose. What has become of me.