An Ode to Toilet Paper

POM Prompt

Keara Lou
Keara Lou
Nov 7 · 1 min read
Photo by Fikri Rasyid on Unsplash

There’s so much value
in a piece of cloth
to clean yourself.
It’s up there with gold
on its value.

A person could run out of
food,
water,
clean clothes,
but you haven’t reached
rock bottom
until you’ve come
to a point
you run out
of toilet paper.

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Keara Lou

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Keara Lou

Former ESL teacher who spent most of her 20’s in China. Now, she lives in Northern Michigan writing and learning how to be a stepparent. Loves travel and humor.

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