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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