before the dust there's feces

1.
in the bottom of the diaper
was a small yellow stain
odorless and nondescript
that passed for shit

2.
after drinking too much beer
on his eighteenth birthday
at the bottom of his boxers
was a small stain
and and endless stench
where his shit passed

3.
three children
two wives
and a stack of bills
that passed for shit

4.
after his bowels let go
and he was stuck in the wheelchair
the only thing to do was put him in the nursing home
where his life passed to shit