Style guidance

Does one 'shit' a shit and 'crap (out)' a crap? On paper, I mean. Is it better - in these circumstances, if no other - to be varied and eloquent, or straightforward and logical?

The shit

[With thanks to FM.]

Handwriting

If indeed, as Auden claimed, a poet's own handwriting is enjoyed 'like smelling your own farts' then a brief inspection of my notebooks would suggest that I have followed through a little.