About the Poem

My recollection of school is that no lesson passed without at least one pupil putting up their hand and asking 'May I be excused?', a polite way of asking to go to the lavatory. I suspect in many cases they wanted to relieve the boredom, rather than themselves...

Category

School Poems

Rating

Mildly rude

Style

Rhyming poem

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Excuse Me

The orchestra's mid-rehearsal
And I'm dying for a pee
But, although I'm holding up my hand
I can't make the teacher see
I clash the cymbals, bang the drum
But he doesn't hear my plea
If I have a tinkle on the piano
Then he's sure to notice me.

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