With Sincerest Regrets by Russell Edson

 


With Russell Edson, we can enter the land of unspeakable things - and those unspeakable things and objects are given a voice -

WITH SINCEREST REGRETS
Like a monstrous snail, a toilet slides into a living room on a track of wet, demanding to be loved.
It is impossible, and we tender our sincerest regrets. In the book of the heart there is no mention made of plumbing.
And though we have spent our intimacy many times with you, you belong to an unfortunate reference, which we would rather not embrace . . .
The toilet slides away . . .