I didn't see this as humorous, the content overly graphic, putting it par with the callousness of that witch, that would call attention to an obvious unintended occurence. The hurt though very real is outdone by the embarassment which lessens the fact that her intolerant, jump to judgement was the bigger faux pax... maybe address it as a physical weakness or infirmity inferring distress rather than spilling it out!

A VERY belated Thank You! chana...

I just had a staff review w/ her today, and I'm so pleased that it was all positive and that we've finally filled the vacant position in our program for the first time in 6 years with someone competent that I'll be working with!

As she noted in my review "I'm thrilled!"

deLightingly, Daniel 

Thank you so much, nas...

I appreciate your sensitivity.... and I hope that the revision that I've offered (even though this isn't a crit forum) smooths out a few rough spots and clarifies this some.

deLighting in your sharing, Daniel 

Thanks for the visit, nas...

I provided that information because of her own insensitivity in drawing attention to what had happened without waiting to speak with me personally, alone.  

We addressed the subject again today, and frankly I just have to accept her sense of "professionalism" and her own inability to see her own lack of it at times.  When you have no one else to appeal to, you're kind of stuck.

sLightly blowin' in the wind, Daniel  

P.S.  I hope you find humor in the actual tone of the sonnet itself ?

^{Revised: 8/02}

A Blow-Up

"That's inappropriate!" she said when I
excused myself, since I had broken wind
while turning in my chair to reach a file.
I asked her later how she thought I'd sinned.

Then I explained my age and health have caused
a movement towards incontinence of late;
"I carry extra underwear."  She paused,
then words that stirred my gut to escalate:

"Professional environment..."?! [That's where
one evidently has to keep his gas
bound up inside?]   I rose... but didn't swear.
"I'm gone; you're inappropriate!"  Alas

what's bottled up in there is sure to blow
if we don't find release that's apropos.

_{© MLee Dickens'son 2011}

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