(Entry for the When the Toilet Paper Roll is Almost Empty Poetry Contest, sponsored by Sara Kendrick, submitted August 25, 2026)
When the toilet paper roll is almost empty, it may cause panic, but only temporarily! You just have to make sure a full roll is close by, for if not, there may be no one to hear your anguished cry! In my parents' house, the extra bumwad was in a closet, but not in the loo; a circumstance that should have been outlawed, for what was a child to do with the poo that was still stuck on his smelly backside? Some ingenuity must be applied! Well, the toilet paper roll is paper too! Unroll it, smooth it out. That oughta do!
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