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A Baby Has To Poop
An infant learns to independently
relieve bodily excess without needing
Pampers to contain them.
Parents delight when their offspring
reach this stage of development.
It is called "Toilet-training"
when the infant can wipe clean
his/her own excrement.
They reward the infant with praise
and a bowl of his/her favorite pablum.
An Adult Has To Work
An adult learns to graciously accept
the disciplining excesses of those
who can boss him/her around.
Bosses are flattered when employees
follow their orders whether or not
those orders are reasonable.
Such obedience is called
"toilet-paper-training"
when an employee figuratively
wipes clean anatomical parts
belonging to superiors.
An adult who is properly
toilet-paper-trained
will be duly rewarded
with the bosses' praise
and, figuratively,
a bowl of pablum
added to their paycheck.
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(1979)
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Footnotes
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFANCY
AND ADULTHOOD IS PAPER THIN
is the copyrighted property of LCSol
The original draft of this page
traveled from New York to Hollywood
to Virginia and then to Long Beach
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