Adventure up the stairs

A poem about the basic facts of life.

Adventure Up the Stairs

My paper plane was almost done
I couldn't wait to show
But as I sat there folding
Suddenly I had to go

I should have seen it coming
For I'd had a lot to drink
And Dad had asked me twice but
Somehow I didn't think

Well the way that I was sitting
Could have given me a clue
And the dance I'd started doing
Had more to it than I knew

I didn't want to leave my plane
Unguarded and alone
But I had to go so badly
That I left it on its own

The steps somehow looked longer
Than I thought they used to be
And the more steps I climbed,
The more I had to pee

Halfway up my cat laid down
She wouldn't move out of the way
So I had to step right over her
And hope my pee would stay

And it did! I raced up four steps
I could see the bathroom door
But I had to sit and take a breath
And then I took one more

At the top my brother came
Charging from his room
I had to hop back down a step
To avoid a big KABOOM!

My breather had energized me
So I leapt the rest of the climb
I didn't think I'd make it but.....

I made it just in time!
(And my paper plane was fine)