The day stretched out before me
Without a sense of rush
No “get up and go”, “get coffee”
Didn’t have to drive the bus.
But wait. A friend is calling
What is this all about?
“We have to go and go right now
Toilet paper is running out!”
“Oh, what will we do?
And no, we can’t be late!
Can you be ready and hurry please
Circumstances just can’t wait!”
And so, I chuckled through the store
And I chuckled to myself,
Can it be? Am I seeing things?
There’s rolls upon the shelf!!
Panic subsiding, crisis averted
No disaster, as she’d planned
But wait! Oh no! It HAS to be
A specific, certain brand!
Uncontrollably, I chuckled
Take this serious, I could not do!
“I WILL have the last laugh”, she said..
“When you beg for a roll or two!”