Argot

Today's challenge is really challenging to say the least! We are challenged 'to think about the argot of a particular job or profession' and try to 'incorporate it into a metaphor that governs or drives' the poem.

I have chosen to use a phrase doctors usually use as code to indicate that a patient is expected to pass away soon. However, I want to use this phrase in a tongue-in-cheek manner, presenting it as a pun.

Circling the drain

The eight-legged critter

stood its ground

as the shower 

poured over it

It clung to 

the shower curtain,

but I did not give up either

It slid –

a victory!

No, its stubborn 

feet gripped

the bath's peeling enamel

Surely one last blast

of hot water

would send it swimming?

A pummelling 

of torrents

– at last! –

sent it spiralling,

circling the drain