Hawaiian Lay

I can’t remember the year but man created a
Colored toilet paper, blue, yellow, red and green
The young inventor I was and short on cash
I took and separated each square on every color

I had thread and a needle and of course this was all free
I took each square and crinkled it from corner to corner
Alternating the colors then thread it through the middle
When I was done it looked like a Hawaiian Lay

I went through the neighborhood selling them for .50 cents
The only draw back to my invention was my mother
She asked my three brothers where the toilet paper went
When she got to me I gave her the cash

I did this for our family helping you to pay the bills
Thank you Bobby now we can buy some more toilet paper
As you can see this plan did not work out for me
All that work I did was now being flushed down the toilet

moneylight verse

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Caren Krutsinger

March 2, 2019 at 4:49 AM

I do not remember toilet paper in any colors but these, so loved the photograph and of course the poem is HILARIOUS and feels TRUE.

Jennifer Proxenos

February 27, 2019 at 11:46 PM

Hi Bobby, Yes but the love for your mom was there as you wanted to help her and you also acted as an entrepreneur - no matter how and what each sheet was used for thereafter! I had an early morning laugh - really enjoyed your poem Bobby. I think we would all love another 3 word poem - it was lots of fun. Poetry hugs, Jennifer