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8/17/2026 for When The Toilet Paper Roll Is Almost Empty Poetry Contest sponsored by Sara Kendrick 

Very Important Papers

I never was a boy scout,
but I always was prepared.
So when the paper's almost out,
you won't see me get all scared. 

I'll just reach into the drawer,
and find another roll.
where there always will be more.
My inventory's under control.

I place the roll on the toilet tank,
knowing that a friend
might one day have me to thank 
when the last roll meets its end.

Then, no one need have a care, 
in this hallowed room of vapors, 
knowing that they'll always be there -
those very important papers.
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Goldsmith Avatar
August 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Congratulations on your fun win. I enjoyed reading your wonderful/creative write. Great Ending With, those very important papers. Have a fun weekend with your  win...............
Crandall Avatar
August 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Thanks, Paula!
Kendrick Avatar
August 28, 2026 at 4:19 PM
I want to say I appreciate you supporting my contest by writing a poem just for it. Congratulations on your work being on the winner's list. Way to go!!👏✍️. Sara K.
Crandall Avatar
August 28, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Thank you, Sara - a little light fun!
Wolf Avatar
August 17, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This is mighty fine, David. Can't paper over good toilet humor, I always say. G.L. in the contest. Hope you get yourself a good seat. Nyuk, Nyuk, ~ Curly, Larry, and Moe
Crandall Avatar
August 18, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Haha - yep, a time-honored source of humor. When I was a kid at YMCA camp, all the cabins had to do a skit, and the punch line of one of the was "the very important papers", which were, in fact, toilet paper. I can't remember the rest of the skit, or the other skits. I just remember that punch line got a lot of laughs, and, at the time, I thought it was...dumb. Yet, here I am, shall we say, "using" it.
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