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Last poem of the semester -- Toilet Graffiti

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Toilet Graffiti is raw, fragmented, and often humorous or crude—perfect for playful constraints.   Ode to the Canadian Stall Wall! A source-based constraint (found text) poem  by Stephen Weir 108-855-362   A smelly assignment I gave myself by exploring the public washrooms of Toronto and Windsor searching out Graffiti written on washroom stall walls. I also appealed to my many Facebook andTwitter (X) followers and received several examples I was not aware of. They are included in this non-fiction poem  Extinct.Pay toilets . Only found one in Toronto. I am a dollar down in expense money to get this humourous stall wall wisdom! 1.      “Here I sit broken hearted, paid a looney and only farted.   The 100- year old men’s washroom in   Toronto’s Union Station  has many stalls that sport many philosophical thoughts written in unwashable black ink.  2.      “For a good time, try thinking for yourself.”   The m...