BAD BATH

     All I was looking for was a nice bubble bath.  It had been an
especially long day, and I was looking to treat myself.  So first
I added some Calgon, and then I broke out the Captain Gumdrop
Insta-bubble powder.  Soon there were bubbles as high as my waist,
and the tub was hardly even half filled with water.  I undressed,
tested the deliciously hot water with a toe, and slipped in. 
Ahhhhh, that's nice.  I carved a little hovel out of the bubbles in
my end of the tub and lay there, enjoying a soak like I hadn't had
in years.
     The power went out.
     I wasn't afraid.  I scooped up some bubbles and blew them into
the air.  It was pitch black in the bathroom.  The phone rang, and
I didn't even answer it.  All I could hear was the pleasing, drone-
like sizzle of the bubbles.  I was in heaven.
     The power came back on.  I kept my eyes closed, luxuriating,
drinking in the steamy air.  Something landed on my nose.  It
itched.  I laughed and rubbed it away--a stray bubble.  
     I opened my eyes.
     Instead of bubbles there were now mounds and mounds of
swarming black ants.
     Why did I have to go and open my eyes?