Why So Many Rolls of Toilet Paper?

Ryan Gibbs lives in London, Canada. His works of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction have appeared in Canada, United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Greece, and Malta. Twitter: @RyanGibbsWriter "Why So Many Rolls of Toilet Paper?" is in Short Circuit #09, Short Édition's quarterly review.

He said,
"Everyone is buying it like mad."
"And you need another 40 rolls?"
I said.

He didn't.
But with toilet paper the new currency,
he soon became a greedy robber baron.
Until supply exceeded his demands.

He disappeared till after the pandemic.
Resurfaced wrapped in toilet paper.
Like a Halloween mummy,
he insisted he was cursed.

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