Sense Sonnet - Pumper

Wipe On

It was Pavarotti's debut,
Singing at the Carnegie Hall.
He had a bad cold or mild flu,
Dripping wet like a waterfall.
He said what made it all the worse
Was the fact that he was quite fat.
When body fluids were a curse,
He had so much more to combat.
There was a fear that he would choose
Not to go on in such a state.
But, a white hanky he did use,
While he sang sweet - the rest is fate.

The white hanky from that day on
Was a constant phenomenon.