Take this soap upon your brow!

And, in parting from you now,

your water let me avow

that sprays down in a many stream

that this hot shower is filled with steam.

Yet if the water bill I cannot pay,

at the end of the month I pray,

Not for the cold water, which will stun!

but for the heat, that comes like dawn!

For your warm waters I dream,

O Hot shower, that is filled with steam.

I stand amid the roar

of the hot water’s pour,

and I hold within my hand

a bar of Irish Spring brand —

How green! But the bubbles seep

into closed eyes I keep,

So I weep — so I weep!

My eyes! Do they not any harder close?

Or perhaps I should spray them out with a hose?

O God! I cannot see

wherever this soap bar of green might be!

But still for your warm waters do I dream,

O Hot shower, that is filled with steam.

Biography

My name is Colin Camp, and I’m in 10th grade. I enjoy running, engineering, and writing in my free time, as well as having extensive knowledge of history as I have studied it as a hobby.

What is your main source of inspiration?

My main source of inspiration has been a bar of soap.

What motivated you to write this piece, and what is its message?

I was motivated to write this piece by my English teacher.