RUSH TO FLUSH

        one afternoon
        in my studio
        I sat

        suddenly
        I was ordered
        by some substance inside
        color ochre & sometimes brown

        first I frown
        then in pain I drown
        quickly, I had to run down
        to a place

        where I could sit

        during which
        I was thinking
        of the very old days
        how do people flush?

        handle, either long or short
        if short, it's on top
        if you want it long, tie a string
        pull & handle drops

        process found
        job done
        color inspired
        sight, smell & sound

        back to the studio
        where I first sat
        this is the result:
        rush to flush  

        Lin Hsin Hsin
        March 19, 1989

        first published in p.45 take a word for a walk , 1989