Mother's Pee-Pot Poem by Daleen Enslinstrydom

Like two veteran soldiers
the two freckled faced bared foot
farm boys took aim in 1942
with four young eyes looking through the sights
of their pellet guns
one shouted out the challenge:
"Today we will see who the best gunman is."

"What are we aiming for? "
"That shining thing
that is reflecting in the distance."

There is silence
before both guns go off
and the pellets bounce from
a metal surface
while water splashes everywhere.

Upon nearer investigation
the two gunmen want to hide
in a place where they will never be found
as they had taken shots
at mother's pee-pot
and it was part of her wedding gift.

They rushed off to town
where they did negotiate
with the shrewd Jewish shopkeeper
and spent all of their savings
as he did not want to part
with a pee-pot only
which was part of a bathroom set.

Mother was very surprised
and almost shocked at receiving
a whole bathroom set
as her pee-pot was almost rusted through.