For my graffiti blog post I decided to do it on a poem that was written in the bathroom stall of the Tim Horton’s in Milton we call “Bronte Tim’s”. Every day I go to hang out with some  of the people in Milton with nice cars and trucks, one day I went inside of the Tim Horton’s to use the bathroom and buy a coffee and I saw this poem. The poem goes “Here I sit broken hearted, tried to shit but only farted, back in class I took my chance, tried to fart but shit my pants”. When I first glanced at the poem I thought it was going to be something offensive or rude to people, but then when I read it I was smiling and laughing really loudly in the bathroom stall of a Tim Horton’s. Most graffiti that we see today is negative, offensive, or just plain ugly. People who put their tags on railway cars or paint offensively written statements about authority on the side of a building do not realize what their doing to the space they live in, and what a negative impact they are creating for their society. Rather than being offended by this graffiti, thinking to myself, “why is this here?”, It humored me. Therefore, I believe that it should not be taken down because if it made my day better, who knows how it can make other people’s day better as well. Also, I believe that the person who made this poem must have spent some time writing it, and the graffiti does not impact the Tim Horton’s in a negative way since the space that the graffiti is in is boring and plain. It is somewhat clean, and quiet. The space is very small and the colour on the walls are very melancholy. Yes, the graffiti is not aesthetically pleasing to the eye or a beautiful mural, but at the same time the poem is a form of art as it was created to entertain. Although this particular form of art is inappropriate, It does not make the space any less appealing to the audience. A Tim Horton’s bathroom is not an art studio, so in contrast this image; having a funny poem on the toilet paper dispenser is not contradictive to the space as it is not intended to create fear as some graffiti painted by hostile gangs may do to the citizens in town. Some would say that this form of graffiti makes the space more unique and one of a kind. In addition, the graffiti does not make the bathroom of the Tim Horton’s, or the plaza that the Tim Horton’s is in any, less dangerous for its customers. The space is a very safe place during the day as opposed to the night. The only thing that makes this Tim Horton’s unsafe occurs at night when individuals with trucks think that they can do burn-outs and donuts in the parking lot, attracting the police and putting other drivers and pedestrians at risk. Once these individuals show up, the space becomes slightly unsafe because although they are nice men and women, they can be reckless in their actions. The space that the graffiti is in is very welcoming. The people who work here are very friendly and nice. Also the people who spend a lot of time here are also very nice people despite their negligence. Whenever one comes to Bronte Tim’s, there will be a ninety percent chance that they will encounter someone they are good friends with or went to high school with. To me the graffiti is very interesting, as well as the space around the graffiti, and the people who spend time in the space. In fact, if there was a public washroom with many poems of street art within them, I would be curious to read them, admire, and try to understand the graffiti. Moreover, the space where the graffiti is located is in a large plaza with a large parking lot right beside the train tracks, but most importantly the people who spend lots of time in the space are very interesting. When visiting the space one will see both young and senior people, people who own very expensive cars, trucks or motorcycles, and then the people who think they have a nice car and show it off, while finally, the individuals who bring their moms car to show off. Some nights Bronte Tim’s is one big car show where everyone comes to grab a coffee and hang out with good friends until the police show up. The graffiti does not segregate  the space of Bronte Tim’s because we don’t know who made this poem, and whether it was a Caucasian individual or an individual of colored origin, it is still not offensive or segregating because It does not target any race, age, or religion. In contrast, the graffiti is gendered. It is gendered because it was written in the gentlemen’s bathroom apposed to the lady’s room. Even though the graffiti is gendered towards men, it is still a men’s bathroom so whether the graffiti was there or not the space would be considered stereotyped towards men. The graffiti has a big impact on the space around it because the person who made the poem was most likely a teenage boy, as in comparison; the majority of people who spend time at Bronte Tim’s are teenagers. Saying this, the graffiti being uplifting and funny represents the people that occupy the space, and how those people carry themselves. Moreover, I do not believe that the poem written in the bathroom stall should be removed because to me it enhances the space. When people look at it; they laugh whether they think the poem is funny or inappropriate. Although some may think that the graffiti is offensive, It has the power to make another smile and laugh, and when someone is feeling upset, it can change their day. To me that has my stamp of approval.