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TISSUE ISSUE

ken bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)

I have an issue with bathroom tissue that comes from the store.
It is a challenge finding some that do their job anymore.
Sheets are now thinner than they have ever been..
Yet stores still take my bottom dollar for tissue too thin!

Two thins a thick don't make.
Instead of wiping softly, fingernails protrude and rake.
Frustration is now rampant.  Hygiene on tissue depends.
I will butt heads with providers until this practice ends.

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Written on October 08, 2022

Submitted by compostken on October 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 442
Words 83
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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