A Perfect Storm

like this bathroom stall
the door to the poor
leads straight to the sewer
when the system works
the smell is contained
and once in a while
they paint the tile
to cover the writing on the wall

but when katrina sailed
the system failed
and the sewage swelled
washing away the conglomerate facade
and with the janitors gone
it did not take long
for the manufactured song
to fall to the writing on the wall