Someone has been blasting
the bowl in the men’s faculty
bathroom on the first floor,
the English Department’s grounds.
Brutal fecal stains splattered
on pristine white porcelain.
Dave believes it is Cedric.
Cedric is retiring this year
after twenty-eight in the district,
and according to Dave
this serves as a gastro-metaphor
in a language Cedric knows
better than the one he has taught
for almost three decades.