how to properly flush the toilet when the water is shut off

we came from water, slithering from the primordial soup.

l.

fill the holding tank with water

panned from a pre-filled tub.

this takes a measure of anticipation.

do not fill over the tank pipe's opening,

and when the holding tank is filled,

the toilet will flush.

remember, pets need water, too,

but they can lap it up from the tub.

so can the Oligarchs and Popes.

2.

last night I caught myself gawking

at a still-frame of a young Anita Ekberg.

(gawking is longer than a glance 

and with a more malleable attitude)

I gave the room the once-over

to make sure of the vacancies.

Anita was enchanting in “La Dolce Vita,”

a rare beauty, prancing around the pool at Trevi Fountain.

apologies for gawking,–– but I need water, too.

do not pour the tub water directly into the bowl !

that process requires a heavy drench of water poured

all at once causing unwanted splashing, and it's disgusting.

epilogue:

well, the wife nabbed the kid and fled the scene under

peculiar circumstances, so I'm well aware of how to embrace the isolation,–– 

and I don’t need no busybodies snoopin’ around here no more !

love the double negatives. now..where'd Anita go?