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The Toliet Paper Not Taken

June 3, 2024
By Anonymous

The two brands of toilet paper in a shopping mall,

And sorry I could not purchase both samplers.

And be one customer, for as long as I stall

And looked at one’s cover, gleaningly advertising to all.

To where it got covered by the wrapper; 


Then took the other, as just as fair, 

And having perhaps the better condition,

Because it was soft and wanted wear;

Both shelves are the same when I compare,

Though, the other had been more mentioned 


And both that morning equally lay 

In stock none had been taken.

Oh, I kept the first for another day! 

Yet knowing how way leads to way, 

If I said I would buy the other, I would be mistaken. 


I shall be telling this with a sigh 

Somewhere ages and ages hence: 

Two brands of toilet paper in a mall, and I- 

I took the one less bought by 

And that has made all the difference.


The author's comments:

This is a parody of The Road Not Taken


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